77.5
He made a joke at the expense of Philopoemen, general of the Achaeans, who had plenty of horsemen and men-at-arms, but was not well off for money; Quintius said that Philopoemen had arms and legs but no belly. As a matter of fact, Philopoemen, in physical appearance, was something like this. Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Philopoemen, chap. ii. (357 A).
GNAEUS DOMITIUS Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, consul 192 B.C.
78.1
Gnaeus Domitius, whom Scipio the Great appointed in his stead as a colleague for his brother Lucius in the war against Antiochus, when he had inspected the battle-line of the enemy, and the officers of his staff urged him to attack at once, said that there was not time enough to hew down so many thousands, plunder their baggage, return to camp, and enjoy their usual comforts; but all this they would do on the morrow at the right time. And on the next day he engaged the enemy, and slew fifty thousand of them. Cf. Appian, Roman History, the Syrian Wars, vi. 30-36; Livy, xxxviii. 39.
PUBLIUS LICINIUS P. Licinius Crassus, praetor 176, consul 171 B.C.
79.1
Publius Licinius, consul in command of the army, was defeated by Perseus, king of the Macedonians, in a cavalry battle, with the loss of two thousand eight hundred men killed or captured. After the battle, when Perseus sent envoys regarding a treaty of peace, the vanquished bade the victor submit his case to the Romans. Cf. Polybius, xxvii. 8; Livy, xlii. 62.
PAULUS AEMILIUS L. Aemilius Paulus (Macedonicus), a famous Roman general, conqueror of Perseus at Pydna in 168 B.C.; consul 182 and 168 B.C.