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leaving it open to the Roman troops, and flying chap. 
to Pydna. The Roman Consul advances, and in ^ 
two marches comes to Dium, pitching his tents 
by the Temple of Jupiter, with a view to preserve 
it from insult ; and himself entering the city. 
The following day he marches to the river 
Mytis ; the day after, to the town of Agassa ; 
and upon the fourth he is by the river Ascordus. 
In his retreat, first to Dium, and afterwards to 
Phila, he is followed by Perseus, who enters 
Dium, and repairs the fortifications which had 
been levelled by the Romans: and then advancing 
to the distance of five miles from Dium, 
pitches his camp by the Enipeus ; making the 
river, on account of the difficulty of its passage, 
serve him instead of a rampart. Then begins 
the siege of Heradea on the part of the Romans, 
which is stated to be mid-way between Dium 
and Tempe, at the distance of five miles from 
Phila; and it is also related that the garrison in 
Heradea perceived the fires in the camp of the 
Macedonian king, upon the other side of the 
Enipeus. This valuable document is the only 
clue now afforded to the geography of the 
country between Platamonos and Katafma. The 
Reader will use his own conjectures, after com- 
paring it with the description we have given of 
the country ; but to us it seems probable that 
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