The Peril of the Republic of the United States of America - Percy T. Magan

Into the details of this it is not necessary to go;
suffice it to say that the same course of treachery,
duplicity, and base perfidy which had marked the
course of Rome in other cases also marked her trail
in this one. Achaia was one of the last allies of
Rome, in whose behalf she had entered upon war
“solely in the cause of humanity,” but with other
enemies or friends, as the case might be, disposed
of, it was decided that her hour for destruction was
now arrived. The Achaian league was dissolved,
and Greece was henceforth treated as a province,
was subjected to tribute, and was governed by a
Roman proconsul, or prætor.
Such are the military facts connected with the
story of the “expansion” and “imperialism” of
Rome. Upon them, the historian Rollin has written
some “Reflections on the conduct of the Romans
with regard to the Græcian states, and the kings
both of Europe and Asia.” His reflections contain
the wisest philosophy on these events that the
writer has ever discovered. His words are full of
instruction concerning that time; but they are also
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