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In other respects he was well equipped for service, but his spear was limp.
83
Publius was anxious to engage and avail himself of the enthusiasm of the barbarians. (135) He put in at Naupactus in Aetolia. (136) He escorted Publius out with great respect. (137) Having received Publius and Gaius with kindness and honour.
84
It was the deliberate intention of the Romans to fight at sea.
85
While they were still together and were fighting at close quarters with their swords, taking his stand behind them he stabbed him under the armpit.
86
This man presented Prusias with many silver and gold cups during the banquet.
87
Taking a wise view of the future, he came to the conclusion to get rid of the garrison sent by Ptolemy.
88
On that occasion both Romans and Carthaginians bivouacked on the embankment.
89
Not being able to persuade him again, owing to that king’s cautious and inactive character, he was forced to offer five hundred talents. And so Seleucus agreed to give the aid.
90
Chance and Fortune, so to speak, enhanced the achievements of Scipio, so that they always appeared more illustrious than was expected.
91
One must not pass over even a minor work of his, as in the case of a famous artist.
92
Scipio counselled him either not to try, or to do so in such a manner as to succeed at all risks. For to make an attempt on the same man twice was dangerous in itself, and was apt to make a man altogether contemptible.
93
But being jealous of Scipio they tried to decry his achievements.
94
Fixing the stocks upright in the ground in a semicircle touching each other.
95a
The important point of their resolution was that they would not admit a garrison or governor, and would not give up their constitution as established by law.
95b
He said that we should not let the enemy escape, or encourage their boldness by shirking a battle. . . .
95b
Conceiving a slight hope from the besieged garrison, he made the most of it. . . .
