When the consul saw that the heights were possessed by the Aetolians, he sent against those posts two men of consular rank, who acted as lieutenant-generals, with two thousand chosen troops;--Lucius Valerius Flaccus against Rhoduntia and Tichiuns, and Marcus Porcius Cato against Callidromus.

Then, before he led on his forces against the enemy, he called them to an assembly, and thus briefly addressed them: "Soldiers, I see that the greater part of you who were present, of all ranks, are men who served in this same province, under the conduct and auspices of Titus Quinctius.

Now, in the Macedonian war, the pass at the river Aous was much more difficult than this before us.

For this is only a gate, a single passage, formed as it were by nature; every other in the whole tract, between the two seas, being impassable.

In the former case, there were stronger fortifications, and placed in more advantageous situations.