UNE 8, 1857.] JOCHMUS ON THE BATTLES OF SELLASIA, &c. 481 



The Papers read, were : — 

 1. On the Battles of Sellasia^ Maratlwn, and Thermm. By Lt. -General 



JoCHMUS. 



General Jochmus explained that these papers had been written 

 in Greece, between the years 1830 and 1834, when he was Aide- 

 de-camp to General Sir Eichard Church, Commander-in-chief of 

 the armies during the war of Greek independence ; or later, when 

 he was employed as a captain in the Greco-Bavarian service, at 

 Athens. The above manuscripts had been presented to the Royal 

 Geographical Society in 1853, together with others,* written in 

 English, which have already been published by the Society ; but the 

 present manuscripts required translations from the French and other 

 preparations prior to being printed. In referring to, and commenting 

 on the eight maps which accompany the above manuscripts, General 

 Jochmus pointed out how the ancient geography of some districts in 

 Greece was elucidated by commentaries like these on the old mili- 

 tary operations in those countries, and vice versa, how the study on 

 the spot of those military operations had assisted him in determin- 

 ing, amongst others, the sites of Thermus and of Metapa (Polybius, 

 lib. 5), the site of Marathon (already identified before him with the 

 position of modem Vrana by Colonel Leake), the probable exten- 

 sion of the Greek and the Persian lines of battle, and the number 

 of troops engaged at Marathon (Herodotus, Plutarch, Thucydides, 

 &c.). General Jochmus further showed how he had determined the 

 sites of the ruins of Sellasia, its subterranean spring mentioned by 

 Pausanias, and of the battle-field t between Antigonus and Cleomenes 

 in its immediate neighbourhood. It was also stated how he hap- 

 pened to discover in 1834 the sites of all the places and monuments 

 mentioned by Pausanias in his description of the road from Argos to 

 Sparta, viz. the Ruins of Caryae, the Trophy of Hercules, the Temple 

 of Jupiter Scotitas, the Statue of Apollo at Thornax, &c. Finally, 

 General Jochmus, by referring to the eighth map representing a part 

 of Laconia and Cynuria, showed how he had been enabled to trace 

 thereon the following military positions and operations : — 1st. 

 The Camp of Epaminondas advancing against Sparta after the battle 

 of Leuctra ; 2nd. Philip in order of battle opposed to the Spartan 

 army, after the fight on the Menelaion ; 3rd. Battle field of Sellasia ; 

 4th. Philopoemen in ambuscade in the forest of Scotitas ; 5th. Philo- 



* A Journey into the Balkan, and Comparative Commentaries on the Marches 

 of Darius, Alexander, and Marshal Diebitch, between the Danube and the neigh- 

 bourhood of Constantinople ; also, Notes on the Water Communication in Asia 

 Minor. 



t B.C. 221. 



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