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Not only in the same summer, but almost at the very time in which these acts were performed by Marcus Fulvius the consul in Aetolia, the other consul, Cneius Manlius, carried on war in Gallograecia; the progress of which I shall now relate.
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In the beginning of spring the consul came to Ephesus, and having received the command of the army from Lucius Scipio, and reviewed the troops, he made an harangue to the soldiers;
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in which, having praised their bravery in having completely conquered Antiochus in a single battle, he encouraged them to undertake a new war against the Gauls, who had supported Antiochus with auxiliaries, and were, besides, of such untractable tempers, that Antiochus was to no purpose removed beyond the range of Mount Taurus, unless the power of the Gauls was broken;
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he then spoke briefly of himself, in terms neither ill-grounded nor extravagant.
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The delighted soldiers heard the consul with frequent bursts of applause, considering the Gauls as having been a part of the strength of Antiochus; and that, since that king had been vanquished, there would be no power in the forces of the Gauls, by themselves.
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The consul judged that Eumenes was absent at an unseasonable time, (he was then at Rome,) as he was well acquainted with the nature of the country and of the inhabitants, and as it was his interest that the power of the Gauls should be broken.
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He therefore sends for his brother Attalus, from Pergamus, and having exhorted him to [p. 1734]undertake the war in conjunction with him, he sends him, away to make preparations, after promising his own exertions and those of his countrymen.
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A few days after, Attalus with one thousand foot and two hundred horse, having ordered his brother Athenaeus to follow with the rest of the troops, and committed the care of Pergamus to persons whom he knew to be faithful to his brother and to his government, met the consul, who had marched from Ephesus to Magnesia.
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The consul, after highly commending the young prince, having advanced with all his forces, encamped on the bank of the Maeander, for as that river could not
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be forded, it was necessary to collect shipping for carrying over the army.
Livy. History of Rome by Titus Livius, books thirty-seven to the end, with the epitomes and fragments of the lost books. literally translated, with notes and illustrations, by. William A. McDevitte. York Street, Covent Garden, London. Henry G. Bohn. John Child and son, printers, Bungay. 1850. 4.
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