Warre proclaimed agaiÌ„st the Tarentines agaynste the Tarentines whiche inhabited the farthest partes of Italye for that they had iniuryed the Legates of the Romaines The Tarentines desired Pyrrhus kynge of Epirus to assyste theym agaynste the Romaines who forth wyth came to Italye Thys Pyrrhus was descended of the line of Achilles Thys was the fyrste battaile that the Romaynes The fyrst battayle that the romaynes waged wyth forrayn enemye waged with anye foraine ennemye To this battaile was Publius Valerius Leuinus sente who when he had apprehended the espyes of Pirrhus he willed that they shoulde be led through the camp and that al the armye shoulde be shewed to them and so be dismiste to the ende they might recount to Pirrhus howe the The stoutnes of the romaynes Romaines did demeane them selues in all poyntes Soone after the armies ioyned battayle and Pyrrhus was at the poynte to haue fled had not hys Elephantes bene throughe Pyrrhus ouercame the romaynes by meanes of his Elephantes whose meanes he gotte the victory of whome the Romaynes for that they hadde not earste sene suche bestes were dismayed and stoode in feare Howe be it the nyghte fynished their skyrmishe for that time Leuinus the Consull fledde that nyghte Leunius the Consul fled and Pirrhus tooke prisonners about â— thousande and eyghte hundreth Romaines whome he entreated veâ—ye honourablye and suche as were â—aine in the battayle hee buryed whome when he sawe they were all wounded in the fore partes and after they were dead keping stil theyr Pyrrhus hys princely behauyour grim lokes whiche while they liued they yet hadde as one agaste at the syght lifting vppe his handes to the skyes he sayde were it my chaunce Worthy commendation of the Romains quod he to haue suche souldioures as these were I could easely wythin shorte whyle conquere all the whole world After this Pyrrhus associated vnto him the Samnites the Lucanes and the Brutians and marched so forward toward Rome despoiling all as he went with fier and sworde He prayed through all Campania came to Preneste whiche was distaÌ„t but .xviii. miles from Rome then retired hee backe againe to Campania for dreede of the Consuls who came wyth a great army againste hym The Romaynes then sente their legates to Pirrhus to entreate aboute the ransomynge of their prisoners whome he receiued honourably and sent to Rome suche prisoners as he had wythout receiuinge anye raunsome for them And amonge the residewe of the Romaine Legates Pyrrhus was so muche affectyoned towardes one Fabricius that wher as he vnderstode the sayd Fabricius to be but a very pore man he profered to geue him the fourths parte of his kingdome if that he woulde forsake Howe dear the Romains estemed theyr country Rome and come to hym But Fabricius refused that hys offer Where vppon Pyrrhus not a lyttle meruailinge at the Romaines sente the chiefest of all his bande one called Cyneas on embassade to Rome Pyrrhus prayed peace to intreat for peace vpon indifferent conditions so that Pyrrhus myghte styl detayne that part of Italye whiche he had subdued by battail which profer of peace misliked the Romaines and woorde was sente backe to Pyrrhus from the Senate that vnlesse he would depart forth of Italy he could in no wyse haue peace with the Romaynes Then the Romains The stout answer of the romaynes commaunded that all those whyche Pyrrhus had taken prisoners shuld be reputed as infamed persones for that they would be taken prisoners The seuerity of the Romaynes when they might haue defended theÌ„ selues by force of armes And more ouer that they should not agayne be restored to theyr former estate vntyl suche tyme as they broughte wyth them the like spoiles of theyr ennemies With this answer retourned Worthy praise of enemyes mouthes the Legate of Pirrhus of whome when Pyrrhus demauÌ„ded what maner of place Rome was he answeared that he had there sene a countrey of kinges affirming that in manner euery one there was suche a one as Pirrhus alone was counted to be at Epirus and through all Grece TheÌ„ there were sent forth agaynste Pyrrhus Publius Sulpitius and Decius who wer then Consuls In a skirmish Pub. Sul. and Decius Consuls sent against Pyrrhus which he made againste them Pyrrhus was wounded his Elephantes slaine and of his armye hee lost twentye thousande There were slaine of the Romaines onlye v. M. Thus was Pyrrhus discomfitedde Pyrrhus put to fiyght The yere after Fabricius was sent forthe againste Pyrrhus This was he whome before amonge the other Fabricius seÌ„t agaynst Pyrrhus Legates of the Romaynes Pyrrhus could by no meanes allure to forsake Rome and come to him vppon promise to depart with the fourth parte of his kingdome vnto him When he and king Pyrrhus had pitched theyr tentes neare the one to the other Pyrrhus his Phisition cam by night to Fabricius offring that he woulde destroy Pirrhus with poyson if Fabricius would geue him any thynge for his laboure whome Fabritius The Romaines hated treson apprehended and caused to be bound and caried to Pyrrhus and to be de-declared vnto hym what thyngs hys Phisition hadde conspired againste hym Where at the kynge all agaste sayde Vndoubtedly this is that Fabricius quod he who wyth more difficulty can be made to forsake honesty then the Sunne can be stopte to run hys course And so the kynge departed into Sicilie Fabritius after Pyrthus went into Sicilie Fabritius triumphed that he had subdued the Samnites and the Lucanes trpumphed Afterward Marcus Curius Dentatus and Cornelius Lentulus being then Consuls were sent forthe agaynste Pirrhus Curius foughte the battayle wyth hym He slewe hys army hee draue hym to Tarentum and Pyrrhus discomfyted sackt hys tentes He slewe that daye of hys ennemyes three and twentye thousande Curius Dentatus tryumphed in hys Consulship he brought Elephantes fyrst brought to Rome foure Elephants to Rome whiche were the fyrste that euer were there Not longe after Pirrhus departed from Tarentum and at Argos Pyrthê° slain a citye of Grece he was slayne When Caius Fabritius Luscinus and Caius Claudius Cinna were consulles whyche was in the yeare after the foundatyon of the citye of Rome four hundreth thre skore and one ambassadonres were sent forthe Legats forth of Alexandria seÌ„t to Rome of Alexandria by Ptolomeus too Rome to ioyne frendshyp and amyty wyth the Romaynes which thing they obtayned Whilest that Quintus Gulo and Caius Fabius Pictor were consuls the Picentines stirred vp war agaynste the Romaynes Pub. Sem. Ap. Clau. Consuls but they were ouercome by Publius Sempronius and Appius Claudius which wer next coÌ„suls triumphed ouer them About this tyme the Romains The cityes Ariminum BenenentuÌ„ built by the Romaynes Mar. Attili Regu Lu-Iuni Libo Consuls built the cities Ariminum in Fraunce and Beneuentum in Samnio when Marcus Atti. Regu Lu. Iu. Libe wer consuls war was procilamed against
the SaleÌ„ in Apulia The Brundusians wer vanquished The Brundusians the city taken and their City wonne and triumph was had ouer them againe In the. CCCC .lxxviii. yeare after the buildinge of Rome the name and renoume of the Romaynes became now famous and yet had they neuer waged any battaile forthe of Italy To the end therfore that they might vnderstande what power they were able to make there was a muster A mâ—â—â—er again in Rome had and the names of the Romaines were taken who being nombred by the pols amounted to .cc. xc .ii. M. 334. citizens all he it sithe the first foundation of the citye warres had at no tyme ceased TheÌ„ was the The fyrst battayle whyche the romaines waged agaiÌ„st the Carthaginiens was in the 480. yere after the buyl dynge of the citye lasted xxâ—â— yeares wythoute intermissyon first battayle attempted agaynst the people of Affricke Appius Claudius and Quintus Fuluius beinge then Consuls battail was fought against theym in Sicille where as Appius Claudius triumphed ouer them and ouer Hieron king of Sicilie In the yere folowing Martus Valerius Appi. Clau. Quin. Ful. Consulles Mar. Vale. and Octacil Consuls and Octacillus beynge then Consuls the Romains wrought very great enterpryses For whye the Taurominatanes and the Catanenses and besides them fiftye other cityes were receiued vnder obediens In the third yere after preparation for warre was made against Hieron in Sicilie But he together with Wax pretended agaynste Hieron the reside we of hys Nobilitye made peace with the Romaines and gaue vnto them in consideration thereof CC. talentes of siluer The Affricanes were ouercom in Sicilie which The seconde triumph ouer the Affricans was the seconÌ„de time that the Romaines triumphed ouer them In the fifthe yeare after that the Romaines firste waged battayle againste the Afers Caius Duillius and Cneus Cornelius Asina beyng Ca. Duil Cne Cor. Asi Consuls The fyrst battaile whyche the romaynes waged on the see Consuls they fought vpon the sea Against whiche battaile they hadde prepared light shyppes whych they called Foystes The Consul Cornelius was deceiued by a trayne But Duillius fought the battail out and ouercame the captain of the Carthaginiens He toke .xxxi. ships He sonk The Carthaginiens dyscomfyted xviii He toke .vii. M. men prisoners and slewe .iii. M. There was neuer victorye more acceptable to the Romaines then this was For where before they had shewed them selues to be inuincible vpon the lande they had now also experimeÌ„ted that they wer of great force vpon the sea wheÌ„ Caius Aquilius Florus and Lucius Scipio were Consulls Scipio wan Caius Aqui. Flo. Lu. Sci. CoÌ„suls Corsica and Sardinia won Corsica and Sardinia and led wyth him from thence many thousand prisoners and triuÌ„phed Lucius MaÌ„lius Volso Marcus Attilius Regulus being Consuls war was again traÌ„sposed Luci. Man Vol. Mar. Atti. Regu Consuls into Africke against Hamilcar a captain of the CarthaginieÌ„s This battail was also fought vpon the sea The second battail on the sea and Hamilcar was discomfyted For when he had lost .lxiiii. ships he retired backe The Romains lost in that battail .xxii. ships but wheÌ„ they wer A great ouer throwe of the Carthagini Clipea yelded to the Romaynes ariued in Affrick Clipea the chefest Citye in Affricke was yealded vp to them The Consulles then marched forward toward Carthage and wheÌ„ they had despoiled manye Townes MaÌ„lius returned to Rome brought Manlius returned wyth victorye to Rome with him .xxvii. M. prisoners Attilius Regulus remaininge still in Affricke prepared his army to withstand the force of the Affricanes and Regulus remayned in Affricke Regulus worthy actes ioyning battail with iii. captaines of the Carthaginiens at ones he obtained the victorye He slewe .xviii. M. of his enemies He toke prisoners fyue thousand men and eyghte Elephantes He receiued vnder obeysaunce lxxiii Cityes The Carthaginiens when they were thus dyscomâ—ited desired peace of the Romains which Peace desired by the Carthagini when Regulus wold not grauÌ„t but vpon straight conditioÌ„s they desired ayde succoure of the Lacedemonians to The Carthaginiens desyred ayd of the Lacedemonians whom the Lacedemonians sent Xantippus with a band of menne throughe whose meanes Regulus was ouercome so that of all the armye of the Romaines there eskaped but ii M. only xv M. were taken prisonners A great ouer throwe of the Romaynes and theyr captaine Regulus al so xxx M. were slaine Regulus hymselfe was cast into prison TheÌ„ were Regulus taken and caste into pryson Mar. Emili. Pau. Ser. Ful. CoÌ„suls Marcus Emilius Paulus and Seruius Fuluius the nobler created CoÌ„suls bothe whyche passed ouer into Affricke wyth a nauy of .iii. C. sayle Firste they ouercame the Afers in Battail renued by the Romains agaiÌ„st the Cartha The thyrde battayle on the sea A great discoÌ„ fyture of the Carthagini battail vpon the sea Emilius sonke a hundreth and foure shyppes of hys enemyes He toke xxx together with the men that fought in them He slue and toke prisonners besides .xv. M. of his ennemies and enriched his souldioures with aâ— exceadinge greate spoyle And at that time had all Affricke beene subdued had not thers chaunced so great a dearth that the souldioures coulde not anye longer remaine there As the Consulles retourned A great derth in Affricke home with theyr victorious nauy they suffred shypwracke about the coaste of Sicilie Whereas there a rose so great a tempest that of .iiii. The Romaines 〈◊〉 greatly by shipwrack C. lxxriiii shippes vnneth lxxx could be saued Whyche tempest was so terryble that the lyke therof had not at anye time before beene hearde of vpon the sea Neuerthelesse the Romaynes forthwyth renued two hundreth The inuincible and stoute courage of the Romaynes newe shippes whose myndes were not a whit dismaied with those former mishappes Then were created Consuls Cneus Seruilius Cepio and Caius Sempronius Blesus Cne Serui. Ce. and. Ca. Sem. Bie Consuls who with two huÌ„dreth and .lx. ships tooke their byage towardes Affricke where they wan certaine cityes And as they retourned thence homeward The fourthe battail on the sea bringing a great spoyle with them they suffred shipwracke Whervpon they suffred shipwracke wherevpon The romaynes sustained shipwracke agayne the Romaynes finding them selues agreued with theese continuall and often damages which they sustained vpon the sea the Senators thoughte good to geue ouer that kinde of battaile The romaynes purposed to geue ouer battail on the sea Luci. Ceci Me. Caius Furi Pla. Consuls and to kepe no mo but lx ships onlye to defend Italy wythall WheÌ„ Lucius Cecilius Metellus and Caius Furius Placidus wer Consuls Metellus ouercame in Sicilie the captayn of the Carthaginiens whiche came agaynst them with a hundreth and .xxx. Elephantes and a great power of men besides He slew The Cartha dyscomfyted xx M. men and got
hoste wan two and Catulus hys armye .xxxi. Thus was that battayle finished and a triumphe graunted too eyther of the Consuls When Sextus Iulius Cesar and Lutius Martius Philippus were Consuls in the .vi. C .l. and lr S. Inlius Cesar and L. Martiê° Philippus Consuls yere after that the citye was built that now all other battayles were almost fully ended the Picentines the Scithians and the Pelignians began a greuous battaile in Italy who A greuous battayl in Italy when of longe time they had beene subiect and vnder the obeysaunce of the Romaynes they began nowe to clayme equall and like libertye with the Romaynes them selues Thys was a very daungerous battayle In it Publius Rutilius the Consull slain Cepio a worthy yong man and P. Rutilius and Portiê° Cato CoÌ„suls and Cepioslayne Portius Cato the other consul were slayne also Captaines agaynste the Romaines on the Picentines and Seythians side wer Titus Vietius Hierus Asinius Titus Herennius and Aulus Cluentius And Caius Marius on the behalf of the Romaines Marius vi times Consul a rowe sought against them with exceding prosperous fortune Mariê° had now bene .vi. times Consull There was sent with him also Cneê° PoÌ„peiê° But especially among other L. Corneliê° Sylla wrought at the time notable feats Among which his famous gests this is one worthy to be had in mory that he discomfited in suche sort the army of Cluentiê° which was very populous that of his own men he lost not one This war continued by the space of 4. yeres not without great damage and losse to either party At last it was finished in the. 5. yeare after it was first coÌ„menced by L. Coruelius L. Coruelius Sylla Consul Sylla then Consul who in the same battail worthelye behaued hymselfe sondrye wayes when as yet he was but pretor In the .vi. C. and .xlii. yere after the buildinge of the city began The fyrst ciuil battayl at Rome the first ciuil battaile in Rome And that same yere also began the battaile against Mithridates Thoccasion of Battayle agaynst Mithridates the ciuil battaile proceded of Caius Mariê° who had ben .vi. times CoÌ„sul Marius causer of the fyrste ciuil warre at Rome vppon indignation takeÌ„ that Silla was preferred to fight that batail against Mithridates For when Silla who was now CoÌ„sul was sent forth to war agaynste Mithridates who had alredy gotten Asia Achaia stayed his army for a while in CaÌ„pania Mariê° to th end the memory of the battel which before Silla and he waged ioyntly in Italy myght be extinguished and decaye made iaboure to the Senate that he might himself alone haue the ordering and disposinge of that battaile so attempted against Mithridates Wher vppon Sylla conceyuing displesure retourned againe backe to the Citye withall his army and foughte there against Marius and Sulpitius Hym selfe firste entred the citye of Rome Sulpitius slayn Marcus put to flyghte and slewe there Sulpitius and forst Marius to fle thence And so wheÌ„ he had appointed Cneus Octauius and Lucius Cornelius Cinna to be Consuls Cne Octauius L. Cornelius Cinna Consuls for the yeare following he toke his iourney towarde Asia For Mithridates kynge of Pontus had gotten nowe bothe Armenia the lesse and al the sea called Ponticum in compasse and Bosphorus also This Mithridates would firste haue driuen Nicomedes forth of Bithinia The prefence of Mithridates battayle who was frende to the Romaines And vpon that gaue the Romayns to vnderstand that he woulde make warre vpon the sayd Nicomedes for that he had sondrye wayes endomaged The assured frendshyp of the Romains him To whoÌ„e the Senate made answer that if it wer so that he warred against Nicomedes he should also feele the force of the Romaynes Whervpon Mithridates beinge moued with anger forthwith inuaded all Cappadocia and expulsed from thense king Ariobarsanes who was friend to the Romaines Sone after be set vppon Bythinia and Paphlagonia and exiled thence Pilemenes and Nicomedes who were kynges there and likewise frends to the Romaines From thence he went to Ephesus and sent letters throughe all Asia that where so euer any citezens of Rome might be found they shuld be all slaine forthe of hande In the mean space Athenes a city of Achaia Athens yelded â—o mithridates was yelded vp to Mithridates by one Ariston an Athenien For Mithridates had all readye sent Archelaus hys captain with a. C. and .xx. M horsmen and foremen to ouer runne and bringe all Greee in subiectyon Sylla be sieged Archelaê° at Pireneê° not far from Athens and wanne the citye Afterwarde he ioyned battayle with Archelaus in whyche he discoÌ„fited him in suche sorte that of hys C. and .xx. M. men skant .x. were lefte Great discomfyture of mythridates a liue with Archelaus and of Sylla his armye were slaine but .xiiii. persons onlye When Mithridates had vnderstaÌ„ding of thys chaunce of battaile forth of hand he sent to Archelaus .lxx. M. well appoynted menne whome he chose as chefest throughe out all Asia Against whoÌ„ Silla fought again And in the first battayl he slewe .xx. M. of his enemies and Diogenes also Archelaus his sonne In Diogenes Archelaus hys sonne slayne the seconde battayle all the whole force and power of Mithridates was quyte discomfited Archelaus himself was constrayned to flye and to hyde hymselfe naked in the fennes and Archelaus narrowly eskaped maryshes by the space of thre dayes when Mithridates hearde theese tydynges he began to treat wyth Sylla for peace In this while also Sylla had partlye subdued in battayle and Mithridates desired peace partlye receiued againe vnder obeysaunce the Dardanians the Scordiscians the Sclauonians and the Moesians But when the Legates were come from Mithridates to him whyche desired peace Sylla answered that he would not graunte peace in anye wyse vnlesse the kyng wold departe thence to hys owne country and yelde vppe suche Prouinces as he nowe deteyned there Neuerthelesse Peace concluded betweene Mithridates and the Romaynes at lengthe bothe the partyes them selues came to talk and peace was concluded betwene theym For Silla feared leaste that if he shoulde retourne to represse the ciuil warres at Rome he shoulde also stande in ieoperdye of inuasion at hys backe by Mithridates For durynge thys whyle that Silla warred vppon Mithridates in Asia and Achaia Marius whome Silla hadde before constrayned to flee the citye and Cinna one of the Consuls renued battaile in Italye and entrynge into the city of Rome they slewe the mooste noble menne Marrius his great crueity of the Senate and Consuls and manye they banished They despoyled Silla hys house and draue hys wyfe and hys sonnes to flye foorthe of the Citye All the residue of the Senate leauing the city of their own acord fled to Sylla into Grece and besoughte him that he woulde without farther delaye succoure his countrye Sylla Sylla retourned to paâ—ifye things in Italy duâ—ynge whyche tyme
was of great power strength betrayed forsakynge hym betweene the two hils Viminatius and Aureus when Carinus had on this sorte obtained the Romalne Empyre the peisauntes of Fraunce began a commotion and called that their conspiracye Bagande They chose Amandus and one other called Elianus to A commotion of the pesants of Fraunce be theyr captaines Againste theym was sente Maximianus Herculius then Cesar who in easye battailes vanquished the sayde peysaunts and repressed and quieted agayne that parte of Fraunce After this Carausius also who thoughe hee was descended Fraunce pacified of a very base parentage and yet had attained vnto great renoum for that he demeaned hym self manfullye in warres tooke vppon him at Bononia to bring in quiet and to appaise the sea alonge the coaste of Brittaine and that part of Fraunce called Gallia Belgica which as theÌ„ the Frenchmen and Saxones did anoye This Carausius when hee had oft times apprehended sondrye Barbarians of whome he neither reserued the spoyl whole nor yet was accoumptable for it to those whyche had the ouer sighte of the prouinces ne to the Emperoures them selues for that time being it grew to be suspected that of set purpose he permitted the Barbarians to haue recourse that waye to the ende that as they passed by fraighted he mighte borde and rifell them and by that meanes enriche hym selfe For whych cause Maximtanus commaunded that hee shoulde be putte to deathe But hee hauynge vnderstandinge ther of fled Britayne detayned by Carausius into Brittaine and kepte it by foÌ„rce Thus when as through the world al places were in an vprour Carausius The romayn Empyre throughout disturbed rebeld in Britain Achilleê° in Egipt the Quinque gentiaÌ„s molested Africk Narseê° waged battel against thEast parts Dioclesianê° made Maximianê° Hercuculiê° Augustus also who before was but Cesar And CoÌ„stantius and one other Maximinê° he created Cesars Maximianus Herculius made Augustus and associated felow to Dioclesian in th empyre This Constantius was thoughte to be Claudius his daughters sonne And Maximianus Galeriê° was born in Dacia not farre from Sardica To the ende therfore that he might knyt those two in alliaunce he caused CoÌ„stantius to espouse Theodora daughter in law to Herculius vpon whom he begate .vi. children whyche were brothers to Constantinus Galerins tooke to wife Valeria doughter to Dioclesianus They were inforced bothe to deuorse their wiues which they had before Battayle was then attempted against Carausius A maÌ„ Battayle against Carausius of singuler experience in matters of warfare but they tooke no good effecte Where vppon peace was concluded betwene them And theÌ„ in Peace concluded with Carausius the .vii. yeare after Carausius was slaine by Alectus his companion Carausius slayne Who then kepte Brittayne himself Alectus detained Bretain by the space of three yeares and was subdued afterwarde by Asclepiodoiê° captaine of the gard Thus was Britaine recouered within .x. yeres after Britaine recouered that Carausius uÌ„rst tooke it Aboute the same time a battail was fought by Constantius Cesar in Fraunce Warre in Fraunce neare about the Langrecians that time he experimented bothe aduerse and prosperous fortune For when the Barbarians assailed hym verye hastelye hee was enforced to retyre backe againe to the City where hee was so hardly bestead that the gates of the city beinge shut he was fayne to be drawen vp the wal with ropes And within lesse then .v. hours space A great ouer throw of the Almaynes after when he had asseÌ„bled his army together he issued forth against theÌ„ and slue almost .lx. M. Almaines By this time had Maximinus Augustus in lyke manner finished his warres in Affricke where he subdewed the Quinquegentianes and made peacâ— Peace concluded with the Quinquegentians with them About .viii. monethes after Dioclesianus ouercame Achilleê° of Alexandria and slewe him and demeaned the victory which he had goâ— Achilleus siayne very cruelly For why he poluted all Egipt with great slaughter of men and banished a great noÌ„ber besides Neuerthelesse he established dyuers thinges verye circumspectlye there which continue yet to these our dais Valerius Maximianus experimeÌ„ted at the first vnlucky fortune and sone after he had very good successe For when he ioyned battail and foughte rather vnaduisedly then cowardlye at Callinicum and the citye Carre geuinge the onset with a very fewe vppon an exceadyng populous army of his ennemies he was discomfited there and enforced to retire Where vppon he retourned backe forthwyth to Dioclesianus for aide whome hee met by chaunce in the mid waye as he came And Dioclesiane as it was sayd welcomed him after such wanton and effeminate fation that being then clad in his magistrates robes he a lighted and ran on foote by Maximianus his chariot as he rode But so sone as Maximianus had assembled an army forth of Illiria and Moesia he pitched a field and fought again with Narseus grauÌ„dfather to Ormisda and Sapores in Armenia the greater with passynge good fortune and no lesse circumspectnes and valiaunt courage for taking with hym two horsmen forthe of hys garryson he kepte the skoute watche hym self When he hadde vanquished Narseus and putte hym to flyght he sackt hys tentes He tooke his wyues hys systers and his children prisonners And a greate parte of the Nobilitye Thr PersiaÌ„ put to a great foyle of the Persians tooke he prisonners there He get moreouer great plenty of the Persians treasoure and forst the king to flee to the vttermost desert places of his Empire Thus returning with great ioy he was again receiued very honorably by Dioclesiane who taried him in Mesopotamia with ayde there redy if nede hadde bene After that they bothe together and eache of them alone waged sondrye battailes They subdued the Carpianes and the Basternes and conquered the Sarmatians From amonge whiche nations they brought a great noumber of such as they had taken prisonners and placed them in the borders of the Romaine Empire Dioclesianus ordered his doinges verye cyrcumspectly as one that was of a very sharpe wit and suche one as could The close workynge of Dioclesiane make other menne instrumentes to wreke his seueritye and rigoure by He was a very diligentâ—â—nd a wyse Prince He induced into the Romain Empyre some vsages whiche were acustomed and put in practise rather duringe the bondage of the kynges then agreable wyth the libertye of the Romains He commaunded men to worship him where as before hys time the vsage was only to salute the Emperoure He garnished his apparel and shoes with precious stones Dioclesianus geuen somewhat to pride where before his raigne the habite imperiall consisted but in a purple cloke The residue of the Emperors apparaile was better then the other peoples of Rome But Herculiê° dyd outwardly demeane hymselfe wyth great cruelty declaringe the same al so openly by the terror of his countenaunce he applyed hym self wholly to followe the appetite of Dioclesianus
sent for Publius Coruelius Scipio Scipio sent for forthe of Spayne forthe of Spaine who came to Rome wyth greate glorye When Quintus Cecilius and Lucius Valerius were consuls all those cityes amonge Q. Cecilius and L. Valeriê° Consuls the Brutians whiche before fell from the Romaines to Annibal yelded them selues again to the Romaines In the .xiiii. yeare after that Annibal had inuaded Italye Scipio who had luckely atcheued things in Scipio created Consul Spayne was created consull and seÌ„t into Affricke This Scipio was adiudged to be inspired with some deuine spirite In so much that menne thought he had conference with the celestiall powers He foughte in Africke against Annon a captayne of the Carthaginiens and slew hys army In the second battayl he toke his tentes and .iiii. M. and .v. C. soldiers and slew .xi. M. He tooke Siphar the king of Numidie prisoner who had ioyned himselfe in ayde wyth the Afers and inuaded his tentes sackte Syphar king of Numidie take prysoner them and sent Siphar together with the mooste noble men of Numidie to Rome and an infinite spoyl whiche thynge so sone as it was vnderstode all Italy wel nygh forsoke Annibal whome the Carthaginiens wylled to retourne and succoure Affrycke Annibal willed to retourn home into Afrycke whyche as then Scipio despoyled Thus in the .xvii. yere all Italy was deliuered from the terrour of Anniball The Legates of the Carthaginiens desired peace of Scipio and by him they were sente to Rome to the Peace desired by the Carthaginiens Senate Truce was made with theÌ„ duringe the space of .xl. daies vntyll suche tyme as they might repayre to Rome and retourne from thence agayne In consideratyon where of they gaue the Romains .xxx. thousaÌ„d poundes And when they hadde exponed their cause to the Senate â–ª answer was made to them that accordinge to the aduise of Scipio peace should be graunted them referryng the matter wholly to Scipio by whoÌ„ it was graunted vpon these condityons That they shoulde geue the Romains fiue C. thousand pounds of siluer and that they should moreouer The conditions of peace with the Carthaginiens rastore to the Romaynes suche prysoners as they had taken of theyrs and suche as were fled from the Romaines to them While these things wer in talk Annibal as he retourned into Africk infringed the league for he and hys armye wroughte diuers thynges by The lege broken by Anniball the way as they wente contrarye to the peace concluded vppon and as ennemyes The Legates of the Carthaginyens were apprehended by the Romaynes as they retourned from Rome But they were by the commaundement of Scipio straightway dismiste againe Not long after Annibal himselfe being sore wearyed with those contynuall battailes desired peace Annibal desired peace whiche when it came to bee treated of it was graunted vppon the same conditions as it was before and to the precedent conditions of payment of .v. M. poundes of siluer was annexed the penaltye of paymente of a C. M. poundes besides for that newe breche of league by him committed The conditions displeased the Carthaginiens Wher vpon they willed Annibal to fighte it out Warre was waged againste the Carthaginiens The condityons of the peacemisliked the Carthaginiens by Scipio and Masinissa kynge of the Numidians who hadde ioyned frendship with the Romaines Annibal sent three espies to the tentes of Scipio whiche when they were apprchended by the Romaines Scipio commaunded they should be ledde about through the tentes and that all hys army should be shewed them Then that they shuld be feasted and so dismist to the end they mighte recount to Anniball what they hadde seene amonge the romaynes In the meane time preparaunce of battaile was made by the captaines on cche partye suche as vnneth anye man coulde euer remember the lyke At whyche time bothe those expert men of warre and valiaunte captains led forthe theyr armies into the fielde Scipio retourned conqueror and at that time hadde he well nyghe taken Anniball gretly discoÌ„lyted Anniball him selfe also who at the first eskaped and fled wyth a greate company of horsmen but being pursued they were all slaine sauing .xv. Annibal sustaind a great ouer throw only And at the last he fled but with iiii alone There was founde in the tentes of Anniball xx M. poundes of siluer and of golde eyghte hundreth Peace graueted to the Carthaginiens thousand of other stuffe great store After that skirmishe peace was concluded with the Carthaginiens Scipio retourned to Rome and wyth Scipio triâ—â—phed and was called Affricanus The second battayl wyth the CarthaginieÌ„s finished greate glorye triumphed and from that tyme was he called Africanus Thus was the seconde battail with the Carthagidiens finished in the .xix. yere after the first commencement therof ¶ ⸫ ⋠¶ The fourth booke of the Breuiary of Eutropius WHen the battaile against the Carthaginiens was finyshed there ensued battaile in Macedonie agaynst Phillip who was kig ther. In the ccccc and .li. yere after the buildinge of the Citye Titus Quintius Flaminius was sent againste kyng Titus Quintius Flaminius sent agaiÌ„st Phillip Phillip and hadde good successe He graunted peace to Phillip vpoÌ„ these conditions That he shuld not make war vpon any of those cities whyche were by the Romains receiued vnder Peace graunted to Phillip protection yâ— he should moreouer restore al such Romains as he had takeÌ„ prisoners such as had fled also froÌ„ theÌ„ to him that he should kepe but l. ships only the residue of his fleete he shuld deliuer vp to the Romains Furthermore that he shoulde yerely by the space of .x. yeres pay to the romaynes .iiii. M. pounds of siluer and deliuer him his sonne Demetrius for a pledge for performance of these couenauntes Titus Quintius waged battel also agaynste the Lacedemonians and vanquished their captaine Battayle agaynst the Lacedemonians Nabides who submitted hymselfe to Quintius vpon what condityons he would And as he returned Nabides yelded himselfe thence homeward with great glory there were led before hys charyotte the worthy hostages whyche he had gotten that is to wete Demetrius sonne to king Phillip and Armenes Nabides hys sonne After that the Macedonian battayle was finyshed there ensued warre in Siria against Warre in Syria kynge Antiochus During the tyme that Publius Cornelius Scipio and Marcus Attilius Glabrio wer Consuls Pub. Corne. Scipio and M. Attilius Glabrio Consuls Annibal toke part wyth Antiochus forsakynge hys owne countrye for feare leaste that hys renuynge of battaile mighte seme to haue bene a breche of the league before made betwene hys country men and the Romaynes Marcus Attilius Glabria had good successe in Achaia He inuaded and tooke the tentes of kynge Antiochus by nyght â–ª and put hym to flyght and for that Phillip ayded the romaynes against Antiochus he deliuered vnto him his sonne Demetrius Demetrius restored to his farther kyng Phillyp when
as were noble men to feaste with like sumptuousnesse and furniture and to bee serued with like seruitors as he was himself When he had gotten the victorye he was so liberall in dealinge gifts that in one day as the reporte went he gaue away an C. Lyons to gether Thus when hee had reduced The greate largesse of Antoninus the weale publique to a most fortunate estate bothe for manhoode and curtesy he deceased in the .xviii. yere of his raigne when hee had liued .lx. yeares and one and was canonysed all the people earnestly laboring to haue it so After him succeded Luciê° Antoninê° CoÌ„modus his sonne who L. Antoninê° CoÌ„modus the 18. emperour began hys raigne in the yeare of oure Lord. 181. in one thing reseÌ„bled his father but only that he had also good successe in battaile against the Germaines He wold haue chaunged the name of the moneth of September and called it CoÌ„modê° after his own name He defamed himselfe with riot ribaudry He plaid oftentimes in thopeÌ„ scholes of fence sometimes also vppon the theater or stage with ths masters of defence them selues He died sodenly Antoninus Commodus died sodenly so yâ— men did iudge that he was ether thrailed or poysoned when hee had raigned .xii. yeres and .viii. monthes after the decease of his father he was so abhorred of all men that euen after Commodus Antoninus his raigne his decease he was demed as an enemy of mankinde After him succeded 19. Pertinax the 19 Emperour beganne his raign the 194 yeare of oure Lord. ded Pertinax who was then very aged for why he was lxx yeres of age and at that time called Prefecturoo And when he had raigned .lxxx. dais he was slaine in an vproure whiche fell amonge the garde throughe the Pertinax slayne treason of Iulianus Nexte after him Saluius Iulianus got the Empire a noble manne Saluius Iulianus the 26. emperour began his raigne in the yeare of oure Lorde 194. and one whiche was very experte in the lawes neuew to that Iulianus who durynge the raigne of Adrianus the Emperoure whom the Romaynes worshypped for a GOD made alwayes the Proclamatyons and other thedictes and ordinaunces of the Emperor This Iulianê° was discomfited by Seuerus at the bridge Iulianus discomfyted called Miluius bridge and beynge pursued was sone after slaine in hys palaice He liued .vii. monthes after Iulianus slayne the tyme that hee fyrste beganne to Iulianus his raigne raygne From that time Septunius Seuerus tooke the rule and gouernmente of the Romayne Empyre Who was born at a town called Lepus whiche was in Tripolinata a prouince in Affrick He was the only Emperor after as any man can remember The onlye Emperoure created forth of Affricke either before that tyme or sith whiche was create Emperoure forth of Affricke He had firste the ordering and ouersight of the treasor sone after hee was made Tribunus Militum FroÌ„ thence passing throughe diuers offices and preferments At last he became to haue the admynistration of the whole weale publique He willed that men should cal him Pertinax for the great zeale and good wil whiche he semed to owe to that Pertinax whyche was flaine by Iulianus He was very sparyng and nere him selfe and by nature cruell He waged sondry battails and those with great dexterity good successe Seuerus his valiauntnes He slewe Percenius Niger at Cizicus who rebelled in Egipte and Siria He oueacame the Parthians He subdued the Arabians so nyghe that he made a prouince there By meane wherof he demerited to haue the names Sextinus Seuerus called Parthicê° and Arabicus to be called Parthicus and Arabicus Hee repaired manye thynges throughe out the Romain Empyre In this time also Clodius Albinus who had associated hymself wyth Iulianus Clodius Albinus created himself Cesarium France to helpe him to â—lea Pertinax created hymselfe Cesar in Fraunce and was vanquished at Louane and slayne there But Seuerus besides that he did excell in glorye purchased by feates of armes he was also reuereÌ„ced for his ciuil policy He was hothe Worthy praise in a prince learned and had attained besides the perfection of the knowledge of Philosophy The last battaile whych he waged was in Britaine And to the Seuerus subdued Brytaine end that hee mighte make sure wyth defence al suche prouinces as he had won there he caused a trenche to be cast from sea to sea a long the leÌ„gth of .xxii. miles He deceased at Yorke being very aged in the xviii yere and Seuerushys age raygne iiii month of his raign was canonised He left his sonne Bassianus Geta to succede him in hys Empire But he willed the Senate that they should cal his sonne Bassianê° Antoninê° Whervpon he was named Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Bassiainê° 22. Antoninus Bassianê° the 22. Emperor after his fathers deathe begaÌ„ his Empire in the 213. yere after Christes Incarnation he slew his brother in law at his mothers brestes succeded his father alone For Geta who was counted as open enemy to the weale publique dyed forthwith Thus was Marcus Aurelius Antoninê° Bassianê° who was also called Caracalla created Emperor He was wel nigh like of conditions vnto hys father but somewhat sharpe more ful of threatninges Hee founded the bathes at Rome whiche were called Antonians a notable pece of worke Besides that he did nothing worthy Autoniane bathes founded at Rome of memory He was out of mesure geuen to sensuality and carnall concupiscence in so much that he espoused hys mother in law Iuba He dyed in Osdroenes at Edessa as hee made preparacion for his viage against the Parthians in the .vi. yere and second month of his raign when he had liued skant .xliii. yeres He was buried very simply after the commoÌ„ sort of people There were Opilius Macrinus and his sonne Diadumenê° created Emperors This Macrinus was somtime captaine of the gard They did nothing that was worthy of memory for the short time of their raign whiche endured but by the space of one yeare and two monethes They wer slain both together in a sedityon which fell amonge the souldioures Next after them was Marcê° Aureliê° Antoninus created Emperor whom men supposed to be the sonne of Antoninus Garacalla Hee was one of the priestes of the Temple of Heliogalus When he was come to Rome beinge long loked for bothe by the Senate and souldioures He diffamed and prostituted himself to all kinde of shame and reproche He liued very vnchastly and filthily And about two yeares and .viii. monethes afterward Hee was slaine in Aurelius Antonius slayn an vproure whyche the Souldioures made and hys mother Semia Sira wyth him After him Aurelius Alexander be 2. Aurelius Alexander the xxv Emperor was chosen Emperor wheÌ„ he was but .xii. yeres of age He was a verye vertuous priÌ„ce one that fauoured all good men he was the fyrst Emperoure that fauored Christians he began hys
gates of Rome to wage battaile and ouercame them at the floud Allia and annexed to the Empyre of the Romaines those cities whiche were vnder the dominion of the Prenestines Than gaue he the assault to the citye Preneste it selfe whiche was Great prowesse of Cincinatus yelded vp to him All whiche feates hee did within .xx. dayes space and a triumphe was graunted vnto hym How be it the dignity of the Tribunes The offyce of Tribunes cesed did not longe indure for after a while it semed good to the Romaines to create no mo of that order And so by the space of three yeares thei stode in dout whether thei shuld make any great offices agayn or no. Neuerthelesse the Tribunes at last The Tribunes recouered agayn theyr dygnytye by common consente obtayned againe theyr former dignity and that they shoulde also haue the authority of the Consuls besides and continued so by the space of three yeres Then were there consulles created againe In the yere that Lucius Genutius and Quintus Seruilius wer Consuls created agayne consuls Camillus died vnto whom most honor was attributed nexte after Camilius deceased Romulus of anye that euer was in Rome About this time Quintius the Dictator was sent forth agaynst the Frenchmen which were aryued in Italy and had camped on the farther The frenche men againe a riued and camped in Italy side of the floud Auienes wher Titus Manlius the worthiest of all the Senators slue one of the French men which prouoked him to fyghte hande to hande And when he hadde slayne hym he pluckte of a chayn of gould which his enemy ware about his necke and put it about his own whereof bothe he and hys posteritye were called Torquati for a perpetuall memory of that fact The residue The original or the name of Corquati of the Frenchmen wer put to flight and eftsoones ouercome by Caius Sulpitius the Dictator Wythin a whyle after the Thuscianes were The Thuscians discomfited by Marius subdued by Caius Marius and .vii. thousand of them were led prisoners in one triumphe There was againe a muster had in Rome and whē the Latines whome the Romaynes had The thyrde muster at Rome before subdued refused to assiste thē with any power of mē against theyr enemies they wer enforced to chose among them selues yong souldiours onlye and suche as before that time had neuer bene at warre to the nomber often legions So muche preuailed the Romaines in Warlike feats and cheualry although their wealth and substaunce was as yet but verye sclender Thys armye went forth agaynst the Frenchmen and Lucius Furius was appoynted generall therof At that time one of the french campe chalenged into the fielde hym whom the Romaines accompted the moost valyaunt among them al. Vpon whyche bragges Marcus Valerius being at that time Tribunus Militume profered himselfe to fight the combate and as he marched forward Mar. Valer. did battayle wyth a french man into the field ready armed a Crowe lyghted vppon his ryghte arme and sate there stil Afterwarde when hys aduersarye and hee came to handy grypes the same Crowe smote the Frenchman vpon the eyes with hys winges and tallaunts in such sorte that he coulde not see forthrighte by meane wherof he was slain hy Valerius And the Crow gaue him not only the victory but his name also that he was after called Coruinus The originall of the name of Coruinus M. Va. Cor. Consul And for this fact he was created consull duringe the space of .xxiii. yeres Then the Latines who beefore had refused to ayde the Romaines wyth anye souldioures made request that one of the Consuls myght be chosen amonge them and the other among the Romaines whiche demaunde of theyrs was denyed and battayle by the Romaynes prepared against thē wherin they were ouercome and vppon theyr ouerthrow the Romaines Battayle agaynst the Latines triumphed The pictures of the consulles were set vppe at the barres whyche was the place where the Orators pleaded mennes causes for The Images of the Cōsuls erected this victory atchieued Now the Romaines waxed mighty they warred wyth the Samnites well nyghe an C. and .xxx. miles distant from Rome whiche are situate in the mid waye betwene Picennm Campania and Apulia Lucius Papirius Cursor went to that battail being fyrst created Dictator retournyng through cause of busynesse from thence to Rome gaue charge at his departure to Quintus Fabius Maximus who at that time was Magister Equitū that during his absence he shuld not fyght with his ennemies How be it he vppon occasyon geuen with merueylous dexterity of fortune foughte with the Samnites and vanquished them For whyche facte the Dictator Lucius Papirius after hys retourne gaue sentence of deathe vppon hym for that he had foughte contrarye to Quintus Fabi Max. adiudged to deathe hys commaundemente But yet hee was deliuered through the paslynge great fauour of the souldiers which they pretended toward hym Aboute which matter there was such dissention bred by Papirius that hee was nighe slaine himselfe there in After this the Samnits ouercam the Romaines The Romaines vanquyshed by the Samnites The yoke y◠they called Iugst was made with ii speares stucke in the earth and the third on their poynts like a galowes vnder which for reproch vanquished men were led to theyr great reproche and caused them to crepe vnder the yoke at whiche time Titus Veturius and Spurius Postumius were consuls Howe be it the Senators and people of Rome forthe with infringed that league which a litel before they wer constrained to make with the Samnites Then Lucius Papirius hadde the vpper hande ouer the Samnites and sent .vii. thousand of them vnder the yoke and Papirius tryumphed ouer them At that time Appius Claudius being Censor conueyed into the The Sānites discomiyted city the streame which is nowe called Claudia water and made the high way which is yet called Appia way The Samnites renewed battayle Not long after the Samnites renued battaile and ouercame Quintus Fabius Maximus and slewe .iii. M. of hys men Afterward whan his father Fabius Maximus was sente to Quin. Fab. Max. vanquished aide him he did not only subdue the Samnites againe but wan also dyuers of theyr townes Then were Publius Cornelius Rufinus and Marcus Curius Dentatus created Consuls and were bothe sent forthe Publi Cor. Ruf. and M. Cur. Dent. Consuls against the Samnites and in an exceding greate battayle they vanquished theym and thus ended they the battaile which the Samnites hadde continued against the Romaines by the space of .xlix. yeares which nation far aboue all the residue through out all Italy did moste diminish the force of the Romains Within a few yeres after the armies of the french men ioyned wyth the Thuscianes and Samnites againste the Romaines but as they marched towardes Rome Cnaine Cornelius Dolabella encountringe wyth them slewe them At that time warre was proclaymed