"Battle of Pydna" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... Lucius AEmilius Paulus, son of the consul that fell at Cannae—an excellent general and incorruptible; a man sixty years of age, cultivated in Hellenic literature and art. Soon after his arrival at the camp at Heracleum, he brought about the battle of Pydna, which settled the fate of Macedonia. The overthrow of the Macedonians was fearful. Twenty thousand were killed and eleven thousand made prisoners. All Macedonia submitted in two days, and the king fled with his gold, some six thousand talents ...
— Ancient States and Empires • John Lord |
