<head>Diophanes of Megalopolis</head>Diophanes of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a> had had great practice in war, because during the long war against Nabis, which was waged in the immediate vicinity of <a class="linkToPlace" target="_blank" href="/place?placename=Megalopolis&groupId=745&placeId=1360">Megalopolis</a>, he had constantly served under Philopoemen and thus acquired actual experience in the methods of warfare.
Add to this that the man I am speaking of was both in personal appearance and in personal combat very powerful and redoubtable.
And, most importantly of all, he was a gallant man-at-arms and exceptionally skilled in their use.
Walbank Commentary