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Plan: Events in Greece
Next, after a summary recapitulation of the proceedings of
6. War with Philip, B. C. 201-197.
the Carthaginians and Romans in Iberia, Libya,
and Sicily, I shall, following the changes of
events, shift the scene of my story entirely to
Greece. Here I shall first describe the naval battles of Attalus
and theGreece. Here I shall first describe the naval battles of Attalus
and the Rhodians against Philip; and the war between Philip
and Rome, the persons engaged, its circumstances, and result.
Next to this I shall have to record the wrath of the Aetolians,7. Asiatic war, B. C. 192-191.
in consequence of which they invited the aid of
Antiochus, and thereby gave rise to what is
called the Asiatic war against an league. Having stated the causes of this war, and
described the crossing of Antiochus into Europe, I shall have
to show first in what manner he was driven from Greece;
secondly, how, being defeated in the war, he was forced to
cede all his territory west of Taurus; and thirdly, how the
Romans, after crushing the insolence of th
Xanthippus of Sparta
Now it happened that just about this time one of their
Arrival of the Spartan Xanthippus in Carthage.
recruiting agents, who had some time before
been despatched to Greece, arrived home.
brought a large number of men with him, and
among them a certain Lacedaemonian named Xanthippus, a
man trained in the Spartan discipline, and of large experience
in war. When this man was informed of their defeat, and of
how it had taken place, and when he had reviewed the military
resources still left to the Carthaginians, and the number of
their cavalry and elephants, he did not take long to come to
a decided conclusion. He expressed his opinion to his friends
that the Carthaginians had owed their defeat, not to the
superiority of the Romans, but to the unskilfulness of their
own commanders. The dangerous state of their affairs caused
the words of Xanthippus to get abroad quickly among the
people and to reach the ears of the generals; and the men in
authority determined to summo