Pausanias Analysis

Chapter 7.15

• 7.15.1: Mummius ordered to lead Roman forces against the Achaeans.
• 7.15.2: Critolaus and the Achaeans besiege Heracleia
• 7.15.3: Critolaus retreats to Scarpheia, failing to defend Thermopylae.
• 7.15.4: Critolaus defeated near Scarphaea; he vanished into the marsh by Mount Oeta.
• 7.15.5: Arcadians admitted to Elateia then expelled after Critolaus' defeat
• 7.15.6: Metellus and the Romans defeat the Arcadians at Chaeroneia.
• 7.15.7: Diaeus leads the Achaean army, frees slaves, musters 600 cavalry and 14,000 infantry.
• 7.15.8: Diaeus sends 4,000 under Alcamenes to defend Megara against Metellus.
• 7.15.9: Thebes abandoned; Thebans flee to the mountains of Boeotia.
• 7.15.10: Metellus forbids harming Thebans or temples and orders Pytheas brought for trial.
• 7.15.11: Metellus urges Achaean peace; Diaeus stubbornly refuses.