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Having invaded Macedonia by way of the mountains, and seeing the enemy standing in battle array, he said, in answer to Nasica's urgings to attack at once, ‘Oh yes, if I were of your age; but much experience forbids me to fight, immediately after a march, against an army standing in battle array.’ 1
1 Cf. Plutarch's Life of Aemilius Paulus, chap. xvii. (263 F).
Plutarch. Moralia. with an English Translation by. Frank Cole Babbitt. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1931. 3.
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