The Romans declare war with Antiochus. Manius Acilius is selected to go to Greece, where he takes over the army of Baebius, and after taking many towns in Thessaly meets and defeats Antiochus at Thermopylae; where the Aetolian league did after all little service to the king, who retires to Ephesus. See Livy, 34, 43——36, 21. See also Plutarch, _Philopoemen_, and _Flamininus_; Appian, _Syriacae_, 6-21. BOOK XX GREECE [Sidenote: Antiochus the Great at a meeting of Aetolians at Lamia, autumn of B.C. 192. Livy, 35, 43-46.] +1.+ The Aetolians chose thirty of the Apocleti[91] to confer with King Antiochus.... He accordingly summoned a meeting of the Apocleti and consulted them on the state of affairs.... +2.+ When Antiochus sent an embassy to the Boeotians, they answered that they would not consider his proposals until the king came in person.... [Sidenote: Antiochus passes the winter of B.C. 192-191 at Chalcis. Visit of envoys from Epirus and Elis.] +3.+ As Antiochus was staying at Chalcis, just as the winter was beginning, two ambassadors came to visit him, Charops from Epirus, and Callistratus from Elis. The prayer of the Epirotes was that “The king would not involve them in the war with Rome for they dwelt on the side of Greece immediately opposite Italy; but that, if he could, he would secure their safety by defending the frontier of Epirus: in that case he should be admitted into all their towns and harbours: but if he decided not to do so at present, they asked his indulgence if they shrank from a war with Rome.” The Eleans, in their turn, begged him “To send a reinforcement to their town; for as the Achaeans had voted war against them, they were in terror of an attack from the troops of the league.” The king answered the Epirotes by saying that he would send envoys to confer with them on their mutual interests; but to Elis he despatched a thousand foot soldiers under the command of Euphanes of Crete.... [Sidenote: The decline of Boeotia,] [Sidenote: from B.C. 371-361.] [Sidenote: B.C. 245. See Plutarch, _Arat._ 16.]