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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: ceafe to live. Some therefore tell us, that Titus did not this of himfelf, but that he was joined in commif- fion with Lucius Scipio, and that the whole defign of the embafly was to effect Hannibal's death. But fince we find no further mention in hiftory of any thing done by Titus, either in war, or in the adminiftration of the government, and only know that he died a natural death, it is time to confider him as he ftands in com- parifon with Pbilofamen. 'The Comparifon of T. Q.. Flaminius with Phi- lopcemen. FIRST, if we confider the extenfivenefs of the benefits conferred by Titus on Greece, we fhall find that neither Pbilopcemen, nor many greater men than he, are able to ftand in competition with him. For they were all Greeks warring againft Greeks; whereas Flaminius, though himfelf no Greek, fought in defence of Grecians. And at a time when Philopcemen, unable to af- fift his fellow-citizens, who were clofely befieged, and reduced to the laft extremity, paffed over into Crete, then did Titus, by a defeat given to Philip in the heart of Gretce, fet both them and all their cities free. Again, if we examine into the battles fought by each of them; Pbilopcemen, whilft he was General of the Ach.eans, flew more Grecians, than Titus in aiding the Grecians, flew Macedonians. As to their failings, ambition was Tifus's infirmity, and obftinacy Pbihpce'men's: in the former, anger was eafily kindled; in the latter, it was as hardly. quenched. For Titus ajter he had conquered Philip left him in pofleffion of his royal dignity; befide's, he pardoned .the Mtolians, and became their friend again: but Pbilopcenten, exafperated againft his own countrymen, took from them the contributions which were paid by the adjacent towns. Titus was ever conftant to thole he had once befriended; t...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217845045 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217845045 |
| Weight | 1.07 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 In |
| List Price | $24.49 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 328 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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