 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Machatas weAetolia akatumirwa semumiriri weAetolian League kuSparta pakutanga kweSocial War 220217 BC, kuedza kunyengetedza vaLacedemonia kuti vabatane nevaAetolia kurwisa Philip V weMacedonia neAchaean League. Mumiriri wake wekutanga haana kubudirira; asi nguva pfupi yapfuura, shanduko yakaitika muhurumende yeSparta, semhedzisiro yesarudzo yemadzimambo maviri Agesipolis III naLykourgos, Machatas akadzoka, uye panguva ino akabudirira nyore kupedzisa mubatanidzwa wakataurwa. Kubva ipapo akaenda kuElis, uye akaita kuti vaElean vabatanewo nesangano rakanga richangobva kuumbwa vachipesana neAchaean League. 