The Thirty Years of Critius

With only 70 men, they left thebes and seized phili, a natural fortress atop mount parnis. They built a fort there with strong stone walls in the hope t other discontented athenians eventually would flee to join them. Most of those who showed up were not dissodent former citizens, but medics that had been targets of the 30 because of their wealth. Others, like lysius the orator, used their money to hire mercenary soldiers to fight for thrasibulus democrats as well.