Book 11
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This speaker having, as it seemed, made a considerable impression, he was followed by the ambassadors of Philip, who, without making a long speech, merely said that they were commissioned to do one of two things,—if the Aetolians chose peace, to accept it readily: if not, to call the gods and the ambassadors from Greece to witness that the Aetolians, and not Philip, ought to be held responsible for what happened thereafter, and so to depart. . . .
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Philip loudly lamented his ill-fortune in having so Attalus eludes Philip. Livy, 28, 7, 8, B. C. 207. narrowly missed getting Attalus into his hands. . . .
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On his way to the lake Trichonis Philip arrivedPhilip at Thermus See 5, 6-18. at Thermus, where there was a temple of Apollo; and there he once more defaced all the sacred buildings which he had spared on his former occupation of the town. In both instances it was an ill-advised indulgence of temper: for it is a mark of utter unreasonableness to commit an act of impiety against heaven in order to gratify one’s wrath against man. . . .
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There are three methods followed by those who wish to Defects of the Achaean officers. arrive at an intelligent knowledge of tactics. The first is by the study of history, the second by the use of scientific treatises composed by specialists, the third by actual experience on the field. But of all three of these methods the Achaean commanders were equally ignorant. . . .
