Identifier: briefhistoryofna01fish (find matches)
Title: A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York, Cincinnati (etc.) American book company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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pwas defeated at Cynoscephalae in Epirus by the Eoman armyunder T. Quintius Flamininus. The Greek cities were declaredindependent; but when they found that their freedom was morenominal than real, the Aetolians took up arms and obtainedthe support of the king of Syria, Antiochus III. This prince,with whom Hannibal as a fugitive had taken refuge, was notwise enough to follow the advice of the great Carthaginian asto the conduct of the war. He was accordingly vanquishedat Magnesia by L. Cornelius Scipio and Scipio Africanus. Hewas forced to give up all his Asiatic possessions as far as theTaurus Mountains. Seven years afterwards (183) Hannibal,who had taken refuge at the court of Prusias, king ofBithynia, finding that he was to be betrayed, took poison,and died. Perseus.—At Pydna (168 -e.g.) the Pomans defeated Per-seus, who had renewed the war begun by his father Philip.This victory marked an epoch in the progress of the Eomanpower in the east. Perseus himself, who had sat on the 141
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