[275] Agema. See note on 5, [25].

[276] Sarissae, the long Macedonian spears.

[277] Polybius therefore reckons the value of the λέβητες and ὑδρίαι as five talents.

[278] That is about 171,000 lbs., see 34, [8], note, reckoning the talent as = 57 lbs.

[279] ἀρτάβη, an Egyptian measure = the Attic medimnus.

[280] Callinicus, ob. B.C. 226. This must refer to another case.

[281] See ante, ch. 30. Agetas had been elected Aetolian Strategus in the autumn of 218 B.C., Aratus Achaean Strategus in the early summer of B.C. 217.

[282] See 2, [61]-4. B.C. 222.

[283] See 2, [39].

[284] See supra, ch. 24.