They were to keep up a mercenary force of eight thousand foot and five hundred horse and a picked Achaean force of three thousand foot and three hundred horse, 7 including five hundred foot and fifty horse from Megalopolis, all brazen-shielded, and an equal number of Argives. 8 They also decided to have three ships cruising off the Acte and in the Gulf of Argolis and three more in the neighbourhoo