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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: themfelves before him. So true it is, that there is nothing either great or little at this moment, which is fure to hold fo in the days to come; and that the changes we have to experience, only determine with our lives. For this reafon, fome tell us, that Fla- minius did not do this of himfelf, but that he was joined in commiflion with Lucius Scipio, and that the fole purpofe of their embaffy, was to procure the death of Hannibal. As we have no account after this, of any political or military acc t of Flaminius, and only know that he died in his bed, it is time to come to the compariion. F L Flaminius and Philopoemen compared. IF we confider the cxtenfi ve benefits which Greece received from Flaminius, we mall find that neither Philopoemen, nor other Grecians more illuftrious than Philopoemen, will ftand the companion with him. For the Greeks always fought againft Greeks; but Flaminius, who was not of Greece, fought for that country. And at a time when Philopoemen, unable to defend his fellow-citizens who were engaged in a dangerous war, pafied over into Crete, Flaminius having vanquimed Philip in the heart of Greece, fet cities and whole nations free. If we examine into their battles, it will appear, that Philopoemen, while he commanded the Achaean forces, killed more Greeks, than Flaminius, in afierting the Grecian caufe, killed Macedonians. As to their failings, ambition was the fault of Flaminius, and obftinacy that of Philopoemen. The former was pafiionate, and the latter implacable. Flaminius left Philip in his royal dignity, and pardoned the /Etolians: whereas Philopoemen, in his refent- ment againft his country, robbed her of feveral of her dependencies. Befides; Flaminius was always a firm friend to thole whom he had once ferved; but Philopoemen was ever r...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217845311 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217845312 |
| Weight | 0.99 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.68 In |
| List Price | $23.46 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 302 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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