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204 GALBA.; GALBA.
though lie had never before held any curule nagis- moniIng Cn. Servilius from Sicily. In. c. 200,
tracy. lie entered upon his office on the ides of the year in which war again broke out, Galba was
March, and both the consuls of that year had Ap- made consul a second time, and obtained Macepulia as their province; but as the senate no longer donia as his province. The people at Rome were
apprehended much from Hannibal. and the Car- highly dissatisfied with a fresh war being underthaginians, it was decreed that one of the consuls taken, before they had been able to recover from the
only should remain in Appulia, and that the other sufferings of the Carthaginian one; but the senate
should have Macedonia for his province. When and Galba carried their plan, and the war against
lots where drawn as to which was to leave Appu- Philip was decreed. Galba wais permitted to select
lia, P. Sulpicius Galba obtained Macedonia, in the from the army which Scipio had brought back from
operations against which he succeeded M. Valerius Africa all those that were willing to serve again,
Laevinus. At the close, of his consulship his im- but none of those veterans were to be compelled.
perium was prolonged for another year, but owing After having selected his men and his ships, he
to the boasting'report which Laevinus had made sailed from Brundusium to the opposite coast. On
ofrhis own achievements, Sulpicius Galba was or- his arrival he met Athenian ambassadors, who iamdered to disband his army, and retained the com- plored his protection against the Macedonians, and
mand of only one legion and of the socii navales, he at once sent. C. Claudius Centho with 20 ships
i. e. of the fleet, and a sum of money was placed at and 1000 men to. their assistance. But as the auhis disposal to supply the wants of his forces. tumn was approaching when Galba arrived in his
During this year, B. C. 210, Sulpicius Galba na- province, he took up his winter-quarters in the neighturally could do but little, and.all we know is, that bourhood of Apollonia. In the spring of B.C. 199,
lie took the island of Aegina, which was plundered he advanced with his army through the country of
and given to the Aetolians, who were allied with the Dassaretii, and all the towns and villages on
the Romans, and that he in vain tried to relieve his road surrendered to him, some few only being
Echinus, which was besieged by Philip of Mace- taken by force. The Romans, as well as Philip,
donia. For the year B. C. 209, his imperiumn was were ignorant of the movements which each was
again prolonged, with Macedonia and Greece as making, until the outposts of the two armies mlet
his province. Besides the Aetolians the Romans by accident, and a skirmish took place between
had contrived to ally themselves also with Attalus them. The hostile armies then encamped at some
against Philip. The Aetolians in the battle of distance from each other, and several minor engageLamia were assisted by 1000 Romans, whom ments took place, in one of which the Romans
Galba had sent to.them, while he himself was sta- sustained considerable loss. Hereupon a regular
tioned at Naupactus. When Philip appeared at battle of the cavalry followed, in which the Rolmans
Dyme, on his march against Elis, Galba had were.again beaten, but the Macedonians, who
landed with fifteen of his ships on the northern were hasty in their pursuit of the enemy, suddenly
coast:of Peloponnesus, and his soldiers were ra- found themselves attacked on their flanks, and
vaging and plundering the country; but Philip's were put to flight, during which Philip nearly lost
sudden arrival compelled them to return to their his life. These engagements occurred near the
station at Naupactus. As Philip, however, was passes of Eordea. Immediately after this defeat
obliged to go back to Macedonia, which was Philip sent a messenger to Galba to sue for a
threatened with an invasion by some of the neigh- truce; the Roman deferred his decision till the
bouring barbarians, Galba sailed to Aegina, where next day, but in the night following Philip and
lie joined the fleet of Attalus, and where both took his army secretly left the camp, without the
up their winter-quarters..- - Romans knowing in what direction the king had
In the spring'of B.C. 208, Galbaand Attalus,with gone. After having stayed for a few days longer,
their united fleets, amounting to sixty ships, sailed Galba marched towards Pluvina, and then ento Lemnos, and, while Philip exerted all his re- camped on the banks of the river Osphagus, not
sources to prepare himself for any emergency, At- far from the place where the king had taken up
talus made an attack upon Peparethus, and then his post. Here again the Romans spent their time
crossed with Galba over to Nicaea. From thence in petty conquests, and nothing decisive was done,
they proceeded to Euboea, to attack the town of and iin the autumn Galba. went back with his army:
Oreus, which was occupied by a Macedonian gar- to Apollonia.
rison, but was treacherously delivered up to Galba. For the year following T. Villius Tappulus was
Elated by'this easy conquest he made also an elected consul, with Macedonia as his province, and
attempt.upon Chalcis; but he soon found that Galbareturned to Rome. In B.C. 197, bhe and Vilhe would have to contend with insurmountable lius Tappulus were appointed legates to T. Quintius
difficulties, and sailed to Cynus, a port-town of Flamininus in Macedonia, and in the next year,
Locris. In the meantime Attalus was driven by when it was decreed at Rome that ten commisPhilip out of Phocis, and, on the report that Pru- sioners should be sent to arrange with Flamininus
sias. had invaded his kingdom, he went to Asia. the affairs between Rome and Macedonia, Galba
Galba then returned to Aegina, and remained in and Tappulus were ordered to act as two of those
Greece for several years, without doing any thing commissioners. In B. C. 193, Galba and Tappulus
worth noticing. The Romans afforded no efficient were sent as ambassadors to Antiochus; they first
assistance to the Aetolians, not even after the fall went to Eumenes at Pergamus, as they had been
of Hasdrubal, which considerably lessened their ordered, who urged the Romans to begin the war
care about the safety of Italy. The Aetolians had against Antiochus at once. For a short time
to act for themselves as well. as they could.' Galba was detained at Pergamus by illness, but he
In n. c. 204'Galba was recalled from Greece, was soon restored and went to Ephesus, where,
and succeeded by the proconsul, P. Sempronius. instead of Antiochus, they found Minion, whom
In the year following he was appointed dictator the king had deputed with full power. The result
for the purpose of holding the comitia, and sum- of the transactions was the war with Antiochus.