<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Nakuba iNaupactus yayibalulekile ngokomlando ngenxa yetheku layo elisemnyango weGulf of Corinth, cishe ekuqaleni yakhethwa njengendawo yedolobha ngenxa yentaba yayo eqinile, amathafa avundile, namanzi amaningi agelezayo. Ngemuva kweMpi yamaGrikhi namaPheresiya yawela emandleni ama-Athene, ahlala lapho amaMessenians, ayephoqelelwe ukuba ashiye izwe lawo ekupheleni kweMpi Yesithathu yaseMessenian ngo-455 BCE, futhi ngesikhathi seMpi yasePeloponnesian kwakuyisigungu esiphezulu sama-Athene kuyo yonke imisebenzi yabo eNtshonalanga yeGrisi, kanye nendawo yeMpi yaseNaupactus ngo-429 BCE. Ngemva  <response>: Impi yase-Aegospotami amaMessenian axoshwa eNaupactus, futhi amaLocrians aphinde athatha idolobha. Kamuva yadlula ezandleni zama-Achaea, nokho, yahluthwa ku-Epaminondas. UFiliphu II waseMakedoniya wayinika abantu base-Aetolia, futhi ngenxa yalokho ivame ukubizwa ngokuthi idolobha lase-Aetolia. Abase-Aetolia bavikela iNaupactus ngokuqinile kumaRoma izinyanga ezimbili ngo-191 BCE. UPtolemy uyibiza ngokuthi idolobha laseLocri Ozolae, ngakho kumelwe ukuba amaRoma aliphathisa lona ngemva kwesikhathi sikaPliny. 