Note 1
Chapter XIV · THAT WHICH CONCERNS A PRINCE ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ART OF WAR
Philopoemen, “the last of the Greeks,” born 252 B.C., died 183 B.C.
Philopoemen,[1] Prince of the Achaeans, among other praises which writers have bestowed on him, is commended because in time of peace he never had anything in his mind but the rules of war; and when he was in the country with friends, he often stopped and reasoned with them: “If the enemy should be upon that hill, and we should find ourselves here with our army, with whom would be the advantage? How should one best advance to …
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