Titus Flamininus was now in charge of the army, so he laid out his campaign! He wanted to come to open battle, but the place in which they fought was quite rocky, with passes that could be well guarded. They had many skirmishes, and Titus Flamininus realized that the war would be very hard to win, indeed. But then some men who herded cows there told him about a pass that was not guarded. He took this pass and sent up some of his men, keeping the rest below. They attacked the Macedonians and pretended to flee, until they saw the smoke signal of the men on the mountain. Then they drove back the Macedonians, and they plundered the camp. But when they heard that Philip was plundering where he was, they did not molest the civilians. That made the civilians want to go with the Romans, seeing as they were kinder. It was a good idea!
Titus Flamininus saw ahead! That is why he did not let the soldiers plunder, thought they were far from the ships, and had little food. He knew he could get Allies to help him this way, and make Philip look bad.
More later,
Bell
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