As to public affairs, that was the period when the Romans were at war with Perseus,
1 the king of Macedonia, and were taking their generals to task because their inexperience and cowardice led them to conduct their campaigns ridiculously and disgracefully, and to suffer more harm than they inflicted.
1 171-168 B.C.
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