[Frag.  LVIII]

[Sidenote:  B.C. 197 (a.u. 557)] ¶ Philip after his defeat sent heralds to Flamininus.  The latter, however eagerly he coveted Macedonia and desired the fullest results from his good fortune of the moment, nevertheless made a truce.  The cause lay in the fear that, if Philip were out of the way, the Greeks might recover their ancient spirit and no longer pay them court, that the AEtolians, already filled with great boasting because they had contributed the largest share to the victory, might become more vexatious to them, and that Antiochus might, as was reported, come to Europe and form an alliance with Philip. (Ursinus, p. 381.  Zonaras, 9, 16.)

[Frag.  LIX]

[Sidenote:  B.C. 192 (a.u. 562)] 1. ¶ Antiochus and his generals were ruined beforehand; for by his general indolence and his passion for a certain girl he had drifted into luxurious living and had at the same time rendered the rest unfit for warfare. (Valesius, p. 609.  Zonaras, 9, 19.)

[Sidenote:  B.C. 190 (a.u. 564)] 2. ¶ Seleucus [Footnote:  Probably an error of the excerptor, for Antiochus himself.] the son of Antiochus captured the son of Africanus, who was sailing across from Greece, and had given him the kindest treatment.  Although his father many times requested the privilege of ransoming him, his captor refused, yet did him no harm:  on the contrary, he showed him every honor and finally, though he failed of securing peace, released him without ransom.  (Valesius, p. 609.  Zonaras, 9, 20.)

[Frag.  LX]

[Sidenote:  B.C. 189 (a.u. 565)] ¶ Many were jealous of the Scipios because the two brothers of excellent stock and trained in virtue had accomplished all that has been related and had secured such titles.  That these victors could not be charged with wrongdoing is made plain by my former statements and was shown still more conclusively on the occasion of the confiscation of the property of Asiaticus,—­which was found to consist merely of his original inheritance,—­or again by the retirement of Africanus to Liternum and the security that he enjoyed there to the end of his life.  At first he did appear in court, [Footnote:  Political enemies of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus summoned him to court on trumped-up charges.] thinking that he would be saved by the genuineness of his good behavior. (Valesius, p. 609.  Zonaras, 9, 20.)

[Frag.  LXI]

¶ The Romans, when they had had a taste of Asiatic luxury and had spent some time in the possessions of the vanquished amid the abundance of spoils and the license granted by success in arms, rapidly came to emulate their prodigality and ere long to trample under foot their ancestral traditions.  Thus this terrible influence, arising from that source, fell also upon the city. (Valesius, p. 609.)

[Frag.  LXII]