previous next  “ [6] "But, you say, he drove Abrupolis out of
his kingdom. Yes, in self-defence, for he had invaded our
territory. This fact Perseus himself explained to you, and
afterward you renewed the treaty with him, as Eumenes had not
yet slandered him. The affair of Abrupolis antedates the treaty
and seemed to you just, when you ratified it. You say that he
made war on the Dolopians, but they were his own subjects. It is
hard if he is to be obliged to give an account to you of what he
does with his own. He gives it nevertheless, being moved by his
high regard for you and for his own reputation. The Dolopians
put their governor to death with torture, and Perseus asks what
you would have done to any of your subjects who had been guilty
of such a crime. But the slayers of Arthetaurus lived on in
Macedonia! Yes, by the common law of mankind, the same under
which you give asylum to fugitives from other countries. But
when Perseus learned that you considered this a crime he forbade
them his kingdom entirely.