This pretentious harangue called up A ristaenus the captain-general of the Achaean League.“ I pray, ，，he bezan. 气J， “that TuDiter Optimus Maximus and Oueen Tuno. the tutelarv Y三二，‘‘尸，r deities of Argos, may never allow that city to be bone of contention between the ty rant of Lacedaemon and the robbers of Aetolia, or suffer more after you have recovered it than it did when he captured it. No intervening sea protects us from these brigands. What. then. will be our fate. T. Ouinctius. if they make a stronghold for themselves in the very heart of Greece?They have nothing Greek about them but the language, any more than they have anything human about them but the form and appearance of men;their customs and rites are more horrid than those of any barbarians, nay, even than those of savage beasts. We ask you therefore, Romans, to rescue Argos from Nabis and settle the affairs of Greece in such a way that you may leave this country at peace and security even against the robber practices of the Aetolians." A general outcry against the Aetolians arose, and the Roman commander s匆d that he would have replied to their charges had he not seen that the delegates were all so incensed against them that they needed to be calmed rather than excited further. He should now put the question,“What do you decide as to war with Nabis, if he does not restore Argos to the Achaeans?” There was a unanimous decision in favour of war, and he impressed upon them the duty of each city sending a contingent in proportion to their strength. He also sent an envoy to the Aetolians, not so much in the expectation of compliance with his dema nd Sasto tomaket them disclose their real sentiments in this he succeeded