Foolish Credulity
Why is it that, though deceived again and again by theFoolish credulity, see ch. 13; and 31, 21. |
"Cool head and wise mistrust are wisdom's sinews." . . .
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The War with Philip
Congress of Nicaea
Speech of Alexander Isius
Philip's Response
Philip Retorts On His Accusers
Philip's Answer to the Rhodians and Attalus
A Retort of Flamininus
The Dispute Referred To the Senate
They Agree to Send Envoys to the Roman Senate
Pleadings Before the Senate
The Greeks Ask for Help Against Philip
Greece Assigned to Flamininus
Wise Patriots or Traitors?
Comparison with Philip II and Demosthenes
The Fate of Traitors
Attalus in Sicyon
Attalus and the Boeotians
Roman and Greek Palisading
Flamininus and Philip Nearing Each Other
Both Sides Advance on Scotusa
The Macedonians Send for Help
Skirmishes Before the Main Battle
Flamininus Rouses His Troops
The Battle of Cynoscephalae
The Battle
Philip's Defeat and Flight
Philip Retreats, the Romans Plunder
The Macedonian Phalanx
A Well-Formed Phalanx is Irresistible
Roman Soldiers in More Open Order
Cumbrous Nature of the Phalanx
How the Romans Fight Against a Phalanx
Philip's Conduct After the Battle
Flamininus and the Aetolians At Odds
Comparative Incorruptibility of Romans
Congress at Tempe Begins
Debate In the Congress At Tempe
Philip Comes to the Conference
Peace Terms Agreed On
Foolish Credulity
Asia: King Attalus I
Italy: Treaty with Philip Confirmed
Greece: Murder of Brachylles
Decree of the Senate on the Peace with Philip
The Freedom of Greece
Proclamation At the Isthmian Games
The Commissioners Make Detailed Arrangements
The Commissioners Carry Word Throughout Greece
Asia: Roman Envoys To Antiochus
Conference Between Roman Legates and Antiochus
The King's Reply
Antiochus Demands a Rhodian Court
Egypt: Fall of Scopas
Scopas and Dicaearchus Punished
Anacleteria of Ptolemy Epiphanes
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Histories. Polybius. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. translator. London, New York. Macmillan. 1889. Reprint Bloomington 1962.
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