Plot to Kidnap a Roman Consul
Theodotus and Philostratus committed an act of flagrant impiety and treachery.Coss. A. Hostilius Mancinus, A. Atilius Serranus, B. C. 170. Attempt of two Molossian leaders to seize the consul. |
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Coss. A. Hostilius Mancinus, A. Atilius Serranus, B. C. 170. Attempt of two Molossian leaders to seize the consul. |
1 In Phocis. The name was variously given as Phanoteis, Phanote, Phanota (Steph. Byz.)
2 Schweighaeuser seems to regard this as a second name. But the Greeks seldom had such, and it is more likely the designation of some unknown locality. There was an Attic deme named Cropia, and therefore the name is a recognised one (Steph. Byz.) Gronovius conjectured Ὀρωπίῳ "of Oropus."
3 Apparently the Anticyra on the Sperchius, on the borders of Achaia Phthiotis.
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