. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . ed to the office after so short an interval. To evadethe difficulty, lyucius was thrust into the consulship, andAfricanus received an extraordinary commission, with the titleof proconsul, which made him virtual commander-in-chief.^Thus strangely associated, the two Scipios landed their forces,which constituted a full consular army, at Apollonia, and,marching across the mainland, halted on the confines ofThessaly. It was the intention of Africanus to bring the warto a speedy issue by a ra
. Republican Rome; her conquests, manners and institutions from the earliest times to the death of Caesar . ed to the office after so short an interval. To evadethe difficulty, lyucius was thrust into the consulship, andAfricanus received an extraordinary commission, with the titleof proconsul, which made him virtual commander-in-chief.^Thus strangely associated, the two Scipios landed their forces,which constituted a full consular army, at Apollonia, and,marching across the mainland, halted on the confines ofThessaly. It was the intention of Africanus to bring the warto a speedy issue by a rapid advance on Asia. Some delaywas caused by the Aetolians, who had remained in arms sincethe defeat of Antiochus and still kept up an obstinate this obstacle was removed by the conclusion of a sixmonths* armistice, and Scipio then resumed his march, directinghis course toward the Hellespont. His route lay along thecoast of Macedon and Thrace, and he was relieved of allanxiety by the hearty co-operation of Philip, who since his ^ See Niese, Grundriss der rumischen Geschichte, p. 133. 294. Plate XL. M. Claudius Marcellus 294
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