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“Hannibal gave the signal for attack; and at the same time sent orders to the troops lying in ambush on the hills to do the same, and thus delivered an assault upon the enemy at every point at once.” \n— Polybius on the beginning of a Roman disaster at the Trasymene Lake (“Histories”, III. 84)
“In the phalanx, the men cannot turn around singly and defend themselves: this tribune, therefore, charged them \[from behind] and killed all he could get at; until, unable to resist, they were forced to throw away their shields and flee.” \n— Polybius, describing the defeat of Philip V. of Macedon by Flaminius in the Battle of Cynoscephalae (“Histories”, XVIII. 26)
“The Roman order on the other hand is flexible: for every Roman, once armed and on the field, is equally well equipped for every place, time, or appearance of the enemy. He is, moreover, quite ready and needs to make no change, whether he is required to fight in the main body, or in a detachment, or in a single maniple, or even by himself.” \n— Polybius, explaining how the Romans can defeat the Macedonian phalanx (“Histories”, XVIII. 32)
“Scipio \[Aeminialus], when he looked upon the city \[Carthage] as it was utterly perishing and in the last throes of its complete destruction, is said to have shed tears and wept openly for his enemies. And realized that all cities, nations, and authorities must, like men, meet their doom.” \n— Polybius, eyewitness to the destruction of Carthage (“Histories”, XXXVIII. 22)
“Scipio \[Aemilianus], when he looked upon the city \[Carthage] as it was utterly perishing and in the last throes of its complete destruction, is said to have shed tears and wept openly for his enemies. And realized that all cities, nations, and authorities must, like men, meet their doom.” \n— Polybius, eyewitness to the destruction of Carthage (“Histories”, XXXVIII. 22)
“One more such victory and the cause is lost!” \n— Pyrrhus of Epirus after the Battle of Asculum, in which the Romans lost twice as many men but he lost a greater share of his armed forces (Plutarch, “Parallel Lives”, “Pyrrhus”, sec. 21)
“None can be free who is a slave to, and ruled by, his passions.” \n— Pythagoras (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 18)
“Do not say few things in many words, but many things in few words.” \n— Pythagoras (Stobaeus, “Florilegium”, 24)