Pausanias Analysis

Chapter 7.13

• 7.13.1: Achaeans mobilize for war against Sparta under general Damocritus
• 7.13.2: Metellus orders Roman envoys to negotiate with Achaeans and restrain attacks on Sparta.
• 7.13.3: Defeat of the Spartans in Laconia, about 1,000 killed.
• 7.13.4: Damokritos recalls the Achaeans, favoring raids over besieging Sparta.
• 7.13.5: Damocritus fined as traitor and Diaeus pauses war awaiting Roman mediators.
• 7.13.6: Achaeans garrison towns around Sparta to use as bases for operations against it.
• 7.13.7: Menalcidas seizes the stronghold Iasus despite the truce.
• 7.13.8: Menalcidas' suicide after provoking war and failing as Spartan general.