Life of Flamininus, 1.15.1

Plutarch  translated by Bernadotte Perrin

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15Presently, however, Antiochus crossed into Greece[19] with many ships and a large army, and began to stir the cities into faction and revolt. The Aetolians made common cause with him, a people which had long been most inimically disposed towards the Romans, and they suggested to him, as a pretext that would account for the war, that he should offer the Greeks their freedom. The Greeks did not want to be set free, for they were free already;

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Notes

  • [19] In the autumn of 192 B.C.