History of Rome, And of the Roman People, From Its Origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians
History of Rome, And of the Roman People, From Its Origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians
Victor Duruy
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' Livy, xlii. 13 ; and Polybius, xxvii. Digitized by Google 152 CONQUEST OF THE WORLD FROM 201 TO 133. Boeotia in the Roman Alliance, and they fell by assassina- tion. Eumenes, alarmed at this resurrection of Macedonian power, hastened to denounce it at Rome. He made known in the Senate the pre- parations of Perseus, his intrigues to gain everywhere the popular party, to the detriment of the friends of r,^T^ ^^ »^«.^^.* I Rome, and his crimes, real or sup- COIN OF BOEOTIA.' ^ ' ^ posed. '^ Seei...ng," he said, "that you leave the field open in Greece, and that nothing has ex- hausted your patience, he believes that he shall be able to come into Italy without meeting a single soldier upon his way." Eumenes terminated this spiteful appeal by the habitual invocation of the gods. Perseus on his part had sent ambassadors into Italy ; they asked permission to reply to Eumenes, and did so with hauteur, almost with menace. " The King," they said, " is anxious to justify himself. He hopes that nothing in his acts or words will be regarded as hostile; at the same, time, if a pretext of war is sought persistently, he will defend himself bravely.
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