[196] They kept the field and attacked Sparta, when the time of their office was near expired, by which means they were in office more than the regular time.
[197] Arist. de Republ. lib. 2. cap. 9. lit. 4.
[198] Polyb. lib. 6. p. 692.
[199] Id. ibid.
[200] Ibid.
[201] Polyb. lib 6. p. 681.
[202] Excerpt. ex Polyb. de virtutibus et vitiis, p. 1426.
[203] Perses, &c.
[204] Varro.