a colony from Naupactus, a town which had been presented to them by Philip II. in B.C. 341. These terms are that the Ætolians are to abstain from pillaging the Ceans by land and sea; are not to summon them before the Amphictyonic Council (which only had jurisdiction between two foreign states); complaints of pillage on the part of Ceans are to go before the Strategus and courts of Ætolia. A state conducted on these principles was likely to rouse enmity in every direction, and in B.C. 220 a war was declared against them by many states in Greece, which is sometimes called the "Social War," and lasted till July, B.C. 217 with the usual effect of bringing foreign intervention.
COIN OF ÆTOLIAN LEAGUE.
The centre of the opposition to the Ætolians, however,
was another league which had become by this time
the best organised body in Greece. The Achæans
had always enjoyed a reputation for moderation and
honesty, and from very early times formed a league
of twelve cities. During the troubles of the
Peloponnesian war they had been forced to join Athens
and Sparta alternately; but at its end regained some
