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l8o PROGRESS OF THE INVASION .n In his force of cavalry and infantry and in his military The Macedonians ,€■ resources generally he surpassed all iire into their strong- the eight kings who preceded him. holds. Their cavalry jj^^ Thracian army, leaving Doberus, oppose the invaders, but . , , c , r n .u i- i are compelled by their mvaded first of all the country which inferiority of numbers had formerly been the principality of to desist. Philip, and took Eidomene by storm. Gortynia, Atalantc, and some other towns came to terms out of regard for Amyntas the son of Philip, who accom- panied the expedition. They also besieged but failed to take Europus ; they next advanced into that part of Macedonia which lay on the left of Pella and Cyrrhus. Farther south into Bottiaea and Pieria they did not penetrate, but were content to ravage the territory of Mygdonia, Grestonia, and Anthemus. The Macedonians had no idea of facing them with infantry, but sent for additional cavalry from their allies in the upper part of the country, and, although a handful of men, dashed in amongst the great Thracian host wherever they pleased. No one withstood their onset ; for they were excellent horsemen and well protected with coats of mail. But hemmed in as they continually were by a multitude many times their own number, they ran into great danger. At last, feeling that they were not strong enough to encounter such superiority of force, they desisted, loi Sitalces now held a conference with Perdiccas touch- ing the matters which gave occa- Sitalccs holds a con- . , -m n i • i i ference with Perdiccas, ^lOn tO the War. The fleet whlch the and after an tin&nc- Athenians had promised never arrived ; cessfiilcantpaigninBot. foj- „qj believing that Sitalces would tice and Chalctdtce, is ,, , .^ , persuaded byhisnephezv ^ome, they Only Sent gifts and envoys Seuthes {who had been to him. After Waiting for them in vain gained over by Perdic- he despatched a part of his army cas) to return home. • .^ .» /^i i • i- it-. Alarm in Hellas. agamst the Lhalcidians and Bottiaeans, and, driving them within their walls, devastated the country. While he was encamped in these parts, the Thessalians, who lie towards the south, the