 In addition to 1000 Chaonians, the barbarian forces included Thesprotians and Molossians, among others.Upon the land force’s arrival in the Ambracian Gulf, rather than waiting for the allied fleet to arrive as well, Cnemus began advancing his troops towards the Acarnanian capital of Stratus, destroying the Amphilochian village of Limnaea along the way.Cnemus believed that with the conquest of Stratus, the rest of Acarnania would quickly fall under Spartan control.