I. too. feel as much relief in having reached the end of the runic war as it .1 nag taxen a personal part in its toes ana dangers. It ill befits one who has had the courage to promise a complete history of Rome to find the separate sections of such an extensive work fatiguing. But when I consider that sixty-three years from the beginning of the First Punic rVfL 奋‘Uvo奋L e.rre to the end of the Second take up as many books as the
eighty-s even vears from the foundation of
consulshi p of Appius Claudius under whom the First Punic War commenced，I see that I am like people who
teMDted by the shallow water alone. the beach to wade out
1.户、.声 a勺三对 TOLL‘ 0﹄.!丫侧 sea :the further I progress， the greater the depth, as though
产J‘几.沪r
were a bottomless sea, into which I am carried. I imagined that as I completed one’part after another the task before me would diminish;as it is; it almost becomes 盯eater.
Renewal of Hostilities with a.-The peace with
was very soon followed by war with Macedonia. There is no comparison between them as regards the critical nature of the contest, or the personality of the commander or the fighting quality of the troops. But the Macedonian war was, if anything, more noteworthy owing to the brilliant reputation of the former kings, the ancient fame of the nation and the vast extent of its dominion when it held swav ov er a large part of Europe and a still: larger part of Asia._
The war with Philip which had commenced some ten years previously had been suspended for the last three years, and both the war and its cessation were due to the action of the Aetolians. The peace with Carthage now left the Romans free. They were an Philip for his attacking the Aetolians and the other :States in Greece while he was nominally atPeacewltn长ome，andals01orn1SnavUng gat peace with, withRome andalsoforhishavinggiven assistance inhand also for is navin both men and money to Hannibal and Carthage. He had ravaged the Athenian territory and driven the inhabitan is into the city, and it was their request for help which decided the Romans to recommence the war.
The Greek stands ready in the workroom; the English is served. Both faces will read together.
siege of Carthage — a candidate entry Appius — a candidate entry Claudius — a candidate entry Hannibal — a life Philip — a candidate entry
The History of Rome, Livy — translated by Rev. Canon Roberts, 1912
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