Agelaus of Naupactus was an official in the Aetolian League. He was aware of the rising menace of Rome and did his utmost to secure peace between the Macedonians and the Aetolians. In his speech before the Philip V he argued that “the best thing of all is that the Greeks should not go to war with each other at all” but that they should join hands “like people crossing a stream [so that] they may be able to repel the attacks of barbarians and save themselves”. He reminded his listeners that no matter who won in the west (the Romans or the Carthaginians) the victor would not be content and would “extend their forces and their designs farther than we could wish”. Greeks should take note of “the clouds now gathering in the west” and make peace before the “power of making peace or war, and in a word all these games which we are now playing against each other [are] completely knocked out of [our] hands.”