Philip's Increasing Deterioration
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"The case is just like that of the disposition of the
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various kinds of troops on the field of battle.
The light-armed and most active men bear the
brunt of the danger, are the first to be engaged
and the first to perish, while the phalanx and
the heavy-armed generally carry off the glorySo in this case, the Aetolians, and such of the
Peloponnesians as are in alliance with them, are put in the post
of danger; while the Romans, like the phalanx, remain in
reserve. And if the former meet with disaster and perish, the
Romans will retire unharmed from the struggle; while if they
are victorious, which Heaven forbid ! the Romans will get
not only them but the rest of the Greeks also into their
power. . . ." note
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