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

hostility against them. However, their fault was
punished by the loss of Lycia and Caria, which the
senate now declared independent; and the
individuals who were accused of favoring Perseus
were given up to the Romans, or at the instigation
of Roman officers were put to death by the
Rhodian government. Nor should it be omitted that
a general inquiry was instituted throughout Greece
into the conduct of the principal men in the several
states during the late war. Those who were accused
by their countrymen of the Roman party of having
favored Perseus were summoned to Rome to plead
their cause as criminals; and some were even put to
death. But if the mere opinions and inclinations of
individuals were thus punished, the states which
had actually taken part with Macedon met with a
still heavier destiny. Let it be forever remembered
that by the decree of the senate seventy towns of
Epirus were given up to be plundered by the
Roman army, after all hostilities were at an end;
that falsehood and deceit were used to prevent
resistance or escape; and that in one day and one
hour seventy towns were sacked and destroyed,
and one hundred and fifty thousand human beings
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