Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Titus Flamininus

Titus set about freeing the Greek cities at once, thereby keeping his promise to the Greeks. He reconciled Greek to Greek, and exhorted them to follow the laws, and to be just and friendly towards each other. That is a bit surprising coming from a Roman. In some ways, Titus was more Greek than the Greeks. (This is a Paradox.)

Rome and Titus both gained fame and honor from their kind treatment of the Greeks. It is important to Titus to have honor and to gain more. Many nations, kings, and cities asked for Rome's protection. This was often granted, and in this way the Romans had most of the world as they knew it doing homage to them.
Titus thought more of the liberation of Greece than of any of his other actions.

More later,
Bell

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