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Titus Quintius, from the very first, was a man of such conspicuous talent that he was chosen consul without having been tribune, praetor, or aedile.1 He was sent in command of the army against Philip, and was prevailed upon to meet him in conference. Philip insisted that he ought to receive some Romans as a guarantee of his safety, since Quintius was accompanied by many of his countrymen and he all alone represented the Macedonians. ‘The truth is,’ said Quintius, ‘that it is you who have made yourself all alone by putting to death your friends and kindred.’ 2

1 That is, without passing through the regular ‘cursus honorum.’ Cf. Plutarch's Life of Flamininus, chap. ii. (369 C).

2 Cf. Plutarch's Life of Flamininus, chap. xvii. (378 D); Polybius, xviii. 7.

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