Chapter XVIII

INTERNAL HISTORY OF ROME DURING THE MACEDONIAN AND SYRIAN WARS.
CATO AND SCIPIO.

Effect of the Roman conquests in the East 126

Debasement of the Roman character 126

192. Infamous conduct of L. Flamininus 127

193. Worship of Bacchus 127

Gladiatorial exhibitions 127

Rise of the new nobility 127

191. Law against bribery 127

Decay of the peasant proprietors 128

M. Porcius Cato 128

234. His birth 128

His early life 128

204. His Quæstorship 129

198. His Prætorship 129

195. His Consulship 129
Repeal of the Oppian Law 130

191. Cato serves in the battle of Thermopylæ 130

Prosecution of the two Scipios 130

Haughty conduct of Scipio Africanus 130

Condemnation of Scipio Asiaticus 130

Prosecution of Scipio Africanus 130

He leaves Rome 131

188. His death 131

Death of Hannibal 132

184. Censorship of Cato 132

He studies Greek in his old age 132

His character 133