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Marcus Aemilius Paullus

paintings, sculptures, bronzes — passed along
the Sacred Way, and were exhibited to the
thousands. On the second day, the splendid
arms and other military trophies of which the
Macedonians had been despoiled headed the
procession. After these came three thousand
men, carrying the silver coin and vessels
which had been captured from the enemy.
On the third morning, the procession was pre-

ceded by the animals intended for the sacrifice,
and then were borne along the treasures of
gold which ages of war had heaped together
at the court of Macedon. After this display
came the royal chariot of Perseus, his armor,
and his crown. Then followed on foot the
king himself, and his children and serv-
ants— a pitiable spectacle of wretchedness and
despair. Close after the monarch were four
hundred footmen, bearing an equal number
of golden crowns, which the Greek cities had

before at various times sent as evidences of their
subservient loyalty to the Macedonian court.
Then carme Lucius Æmilius himself, seated in
his chariot of war, dressed in the garb of the
Capiloline Jove, carrying the laurel braneh
of triumph. Finally, the rear of the proces-
sion was occupied by the army, bearing the
emblems of victory, singing battle songs, and
indulging, after the manner of the triumph, in
jests and satire at the expense of the general.
The festival was then concluded with a sacri-
fice of animals on the hill of the Capitol.
Rome was politic, as well as strong. In
assessing the tribute upon the people of the
Macedonian provinces, the sum was fixed at
only one-half the amount previously paid to
the king. Albeit, the new master must appear
a better one than the old. So also in making
the levy upon the Greek states care was taken


that the burden should be less onerous than
This measure, when coupled with
the transportation of the leading men of
the various cities to Italy, tended powerfully
to produce in the conquered states a condition
of quiet, a docile acceptance of the situation
not to have been expected, especially of such
a people as the Greeks.
When it came to removing those who had
given her trouble, Rome found that the leaders
of the Acluean League were a host. No fewer
than a thousand persons were selected as proper
characters for banishment. These were sent
into Etruria and imprisoned. There they re-
mained for seventeen years, without ever hav-
ing the privilege of defending themselves by
trial. Rome thus shut up in her jails a large
part of the remaining genius of Greece. There
many of the wisest men of the times lay lan-
guishing. Their countrymen at home heeded