Spanish War
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Spanish campaign · Spanish cities · the Spanish war · war in the West
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Aemilius Paulus
Aemilius Paulus's campaign as praetor against rebellious Barbarians in Spain.
After the Romans had gone to war with Antiochus the Great, and while their most experienced commanders were employed against him, another war arose in the West, and there were great commotions in Spain.
For this war Aemilius was sent out as praetor, not with the six lictors which praetors usually have, but adding other six to that number, so that his office had a consular dignity.
He left the province in peace and bound by pledges of fidelity, and came back to Rome, nor was he richer by a single drachma from his expedition.
Comparison of Aristides and Marcus Cato
Cato's consular military campaign in Spain, and the demolition of Spanish city walls, cited as lesser in scale than the Persian War victories.
And certainly Antiochus is not worthy to be compared with Xerxes, nor the demolition of the walls of the Spanish cities with the destruction of so many myriads of Barbarians both by land and sea.
Cato, on the other hand, was not only chief in the plans and actions of the Spanish war during his own consulate, but also at Thermopylae, when he was but a tribune in the army and another was consul, he got the glory of the victory, opening up great mountain passes for the Romans to rush through upon Antiochus, and swinging the war round into the king’s rear, when he had eyes only for what was in front of him.