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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ans on one side and the Achaeans, aided by Philip, on theother. The yEtolians suffered several defeats, but three years after the open-ing of the war, B.C. 217, Philip made peace with them, because a more formida-ble power demanded his attention. The tremendous struggle was now going on between Rome and Carthage,with the certainty that miserable, distracted Greece would be inevitably swal-lowed by the victor in that mighty contest for supremacy. Philip made thefatal blunder of uniting with the forces of Carthage, and the Romans formed analliance with the ^tolians who made war against him. Previous to this, Philip,who had become arbitrary and harsh in his methods, quieted the remonstrancesof Aratus by causing him to be poisoned to death. The yEtolians pressed theAchaeans so hard that in b.c. 209 they again called upon Philip for help. Therewere a few noble spirits left among the Greeks, of whom the leader was Philo-poemen, called by Plutarch the last of the Greeks. He was born in Mega-
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LAOCObN Greece—Victories of Philopa^men 259 lopolis about b.c. 252, and received a careful education, through Cleander, awealthy citizen. He fought bravely in the defence of Megalopolis against Cle-omenes, king of Sparta, in B.C. 222. At the head of one thousand horse hejoined Antigonus the ne.xt year and greatly aided in the routing of the Spartanking Satellasia. Foreseeing the trouble that was coming to his pcopic, he im-proved the few years of peace by going abroad and studying the science of war.He learned well, and, on his return to Peloponnesus in B.C. 210, was appointedgeneral of the Achaean horse. He did splendid service, and in the expedi-tion against Elis in B.C. 209 killed the Elean leader with his own hand. Thefollowing year he was raised to the highest possible military rank, that of com-mander-in-chief of the Achaean League. So admirable were his discipline andtraining of the forces under his command, that it began to look as if the ancientheroism of his country had re

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