They then took by assault and sacked the towns of Theuma and Calathas.

Acharrae they gained by surrender.

Xyniae, through similar apprehensions, was abandoned by the inhabitants.

These having forsaken their homes, and going together in a body, fell in with a party which was being marched to Thaumacus for the purpose of protecting their foragers; all of whom, an irregular and unarmed multitude, incapable of any resistance, were put to the sword by the troops.

The deserted town of Xyniae was plundered.