The friendly relations which Roman generals, such as T. Quintius Flamininus, established with the famous Greek cities, in which they appeared as liberators rather than conquerors, were the result of intellectual enthusiasm as much as of a definite policy.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
We assert that we are rulers in Hellas in order not to be subjects; liberators in Sicily that we may not be harmed by the Sicilians; that we are compelled to interfere in many things, because we have many things to guard against; and that now, as before, we are come as allies to those of you who suffer wrong in this island, not without invitation but upon invitation.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides
In short, only show yourselves as liberators, and you may count upon having the advantage in the war.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
Thucydides