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Viereck, Sermo Graecus, I; IG., 2, 338; Ditt. Syll.$3$ 593; CIG. 1770.

From Chyretiae. This is the earliest document from inscriptional sources which deals with the relations of Rome and the Greek states. For this reason we have included it here, although Greece was not subject to Rome at this time. The Aetolians as allies of Rome had captured and sacked the city of Chyretiae in 200 (Livy, 31.41.5). The property of the partisans of Philip in the city after the battle of Cynoscephalae was confiscated, and became part of the public property of Rome. When war with Antiochus threatened, Flamininus instituted a milder policy towards the Greek cities. Accordingly he restored to the Chyretiaeans all lands confiscated from their