place
Thebes
also: Thebes in Boeotia
The Boeotian city where the Roman legates Popilius and Octavius first read out the Senate's protective decree before carrying it through the Peloponnese.
Reading notes
- The History of Rome, Book 43 §25 Thebes
The chief city of Boeotia, where the legates first read out the Senate's decree relieving the Greeks of arbitrary exactions.