Passage 7.15.9
Μέτελλος δὲ ὡς οἱ περὶ Χαιρώνειαν λογάδες κατέστρωντο οἱ Ἀρκάδων, ἀναστήσας τὸ στράτευμα ἤλαυνεν ἐπὶ τὰς Θήβας· Ἡράκλειάν τε γὰρ ἐπολιόρκησαν οἱ Θηβαῖοι μετὰ Ἀχαιῶν καὶ ἀγῶνος τοῦ πρὸς Σκάρφειαν μετεσχήκεσαν. τότε δὲ αὐτοί τε καὶ γυναῖκες ἐκλελοιπότες πᾶσα ἡλικία τὴν πόλιν ἐπλανῶντο ἀνὰ τὴν Βοιωτίαν καὶ ἐς τῶν ὀρῶν τὰ ἄκρα ἀνέφευγον.
When Metellus saw that the chosen Arcadian troops near Chaeroneia had been cut down, he set his army in motion and marched against Thebes. For the Thebans, in alliance with the Achaeans, had been besieging Heracleia and had taken part in the battle at Scarphaea. Now, however, the Thebans themselves—men and women of every age—abandoned their city and wandered helplessly throughout Boeotia, taking refuge on the highest peaks of the mountains.