[Footnote 253:  Appian (Mithridat.  War, c. 50) says that Archelaus hid himself in a marsh, and afterwards made his escape to Chalkis.  Sulla’s arrogance is well characterized by his speech.  The Cappadocians were considered a mean and servile people, and their character became proverbial.]

[Footnote 254:  The Roman Province of Asia.  Compare Appian (Mithridat.  War, c. 54, 55) as to the terms of the peace.]

[Footnote 255:  The death of Aristion is mentioned by Appian (Mithridat.  War, c. 39); but he does not speak of the poisoning.]

[Footnote 256:  Maedike appears to be the right name.  Thucydides (ii. 98) calls the people Maedi:  they were a Thracian people.  Compare Strabo (p. 316).  Appian (Mithridat.  War, c. 55) speaks of this expedition as directed aguinst the Sinti, who wore neighbours of the Maedi, and other nations which bordered on Macedonia, and annoyed it by their predatory incursions.  Sulla thus kept his soldiers employed, which was the practice of all prudent Roman commanders, and enriched them with booty at the same time.]

[Footnote 257:  This is the old town called Krenides, or the Little Springs, which King Philippus, the father of Alexander the Great, restored and gave his name to.  It was near Amphipolis on the river Strymon. (See Life of Brutus, c. 38.)]

[Footnote 258:  The Troad is the north-west angle of Asia Minor, which borders on the Hellespont and the AEgean Sea (the Archipelago).  The name of the district, Troas in Greek, is from the old town of Troja.  Strabo (lib. xiii.) gives a particular description of this tract.

The narrative of this affair in Appian (Mithridat.  War, c. 56, &c.) differs in some respects from that of Plutarch, and this may be observed of many other events in this war.  Appian is perhaps the better authority for the bare historical facts; but so far as concerns the conduct and character of Sulla on this and other occasions, Plutarch has painted the man true to the life.

Sulla left L. Lucullus behind him to collect the money. (See Life of Lucullus, c. 4.) The story of Fimbria in Appian (Mithridat.  War, c. 69, 70) differs from that of Plutarch in some respects, but it is near enough to show that though these two writers apparently followed different authorities, Plutarch has given the facts substantially correct.

When Sulla was within two stadia of Fimbria, he sent him orders to give up the army, which he was illegally commanding.  Fimbria sent back an insulting message to the effect that Sulla also had no right to the command which he held.  While Sulla was throwing up his intrenchments, and many of Fimbria’s soldiers were openly leaving him, Fimbria summoned those who still remained to a meeting, and urged them to stay with him.  Upon the soldiers saying that they would not fight against their fellow-citizens, Fimbria tore his dress, and began to intreat them