Hi ad alios coniuratos comprehendendos distributi sunt, Atarrhias cum trecentis ad Philotam missus, clausum aditum domus moliebatur, l iuvenum promptissimis stipatus; nam ceteros cingere undique domum iusserat, ne occulto aditu Philotas posset elabi.
These were sent in different directions to arrest the other conspirators. Atarrhias was sent with 300 men to Philotas and set about breaking open the closed entrance to his house, attended by fifty of the bravest of his soldiers; for he had ordered the rest to surround the house on all sides, for fear that Philotas might be able to slip out by a secret  door.
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