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A64912	Romæ antiquæ descriptio a view of the religion, laws, customs, manners, and dispositions of the ancient Romans, and others : comprehended in their most illustrious acts and sayings agreeable to history / written in Latine by ... Quintus Valerius Maximus ; and now carefully rendred into English ; together with the life of the author.; Factorum et dictorum memorabilium libri IX. English	Valerius Maximus.; Speed, Samuel, 1631-1682.	1678 (1678)	Wing V34; ESTC R22311	255,720	462

with his single right hand as would have serv'd five Souldiers for a Battle of a whole days continuance at length drawing his Sword and beating back his Enemies sometimes with the Point and sometimes with t●e Hilt he became such a spectacle of Wonder not only to the Romans but to the Britains also which none but those that beheld it could have imagin'd At length Anger and Shame forc'd them that were tir'd to do their utmost when he run through the Thigh his Face batter'd with Stones his Head-piece bruised in several places commits himself to the Sea and laden with two Coats of Mail escap'd through the Waves which he had dyed with the Blood of his Enemies Coming to his General not having lost his Arms but well bestow'd um when he deserv'd his praise he begg'd his pardon Great in fight but greater in the remembrance of Military Discipline Therefore by the best Esteemer and Discerner of Virtue both thy deeds and words were rewarded with the honour o● a Centurions command 24. But let the Memory of Luc. Sicinius Dentatus con●lude all the Roman Examples of the Fortitude of the Roman Warriours whose Deeds and the Rewards of his Actions may be thought to exceed the limits of belief but for the credit of the Authors among whom we finde M. Varro who attest the same in their Memorials whom they affirm to have been in an Hundred and Twenty pitch'd Battels being endued with that Courage of Mind and Strength of Body that he seem'd to carry away the greatest share of the Victory And of these Battles there were Eight wherein he fought upon Challenges while both Armies lookt on He is said to have saved fourteen Citizens to have received ●orty five Wounds upon his Breast not having one Scar upon his Back He followed nine several Triumphal Chariots of several Generals drawing the eyes of the whole City that beheld the multitude and pompous glory of his Rewards For he had eight Golden Crowns fourteen City-Crowns and three Mural-Crowns together with one Obsidional Garland Chains one hundred eighty three Bracelets one hundred and sixty Spears eighteen Trappings twenty five Ornam●nts sufficient for a Legion rather than for the use of a private Souldier FORREIGN 1. That Blood was also confounded out of many Bodies into one with great admiration in the Town of the Calibes where Fulvius Flaccus having condemn'd the chief of the City to loose their Heads for their Perfidiousness in Campania and that he was by Letters from the Senate order'd to see execution done Iu●ellius Taurea a Campanian freely offer'd himself to him crying out as loud as he could Because said he O Fulvius thou art so desirous of shedding blood why dost thou delay to sheath thy Sword in my Bowels that thou maist have an occasion to boast that thou didst once kill a st●uter man than thy self Who replying that he would gladly do it but that he was otherwise order●d by the Senate Be●old me then replyed the other upon whom the Conscript Fathers have laid no commands ●utwardly quiet enough but meditating a great work in my mind and immediately killing his Wife and Children fell upon his own Sword What kind of person must we believe him to be who was so willing with the slaughter of himself and his Relations to testifie that he would rather delude the Cruelty of Fulvius than make use of the Mercy of the Senate 2. Again how great was the Courage of Gobrias who when he freed the Persians from the sordid and cruel Tyranny of the Magi having thrown one of the Magi down in a dark place and lying with all his weight upon him and perceiving that one of his Comp●nions in his noble enterprize was afraid to kill the Tyrant for fear of hurting him cryed out Vse not thy Sword ere a whit the less timorously for fear of me rather thrust it through us both that this fellow may die the more speedily 3. In this place we meet with Leonid●s a Noble Spartan than whose Designe Enterprize and Issue there was nothing more courageous For being placed in the Streights of Thermopylae against the whole force of Asia only with Three Hundred of his Citizens through the obstinacy of his Virtue he drave Xerxes to desp●ir who a little before was a bur●hen both to Sea and Land not only terrible to Men but one that threatned to chain the Sea and ●etter the Heavens but being through the perfidiousn●ss of the Inhabitants of that Country deprived of the advantage of the place he resolv'd to fall rather than leave the station where his Count●y had set him And therefore he exhorted his people with so much chearfulness to that Battle where they were sure to perish crying out Fellow-souldiers let us Dine like such as are to Sup in the other world Death was all their hopes yet fearless they obeyed their Leader as sure of Victory 4. The glorious Battle and Death of O●hryades is only seen in the praise rather than in the larger space of Thyarete Who spoiling the enemy of Victory by Letters written with his own Blood after his own fate would not carry into the bosome of his Country the bloody superscrip●ions of his Trophies 5. But a most sad effort follows the most excellent effects of the Spartan Vertue Epaminondas the chief Felicity of Thebes and the first scourge of the Lacedemonian Valour when he had broken the antient glory and till that time invincible publick glory of that City in the two Battles of Mantinea and Leuctra being run thro●gh with a Spear and fainting for want of Blood and Breath ask'd those who endeavour'd to recover him First whether his Shield were safe and next whether the Enemy was quite vanquish'd Which when he found according to his desire Fellow-Souldiers said he this is not the end but a fortunate and anspicious beginning of my life For your Epaminondas u now born because he thus dyes I see Thebes by my Conduct and Command the head of all Greece The strong and courageous City of Sparta submits vanquish'd by our Arms and Greece freed from her bitter Tyranny Not having Children yet I die not without Children I leave Leuctra and Mantinea behind me Then comman●ing the Spear to be pull'd out of his Body he expir'd Whom if the Immortal Gods had suff●r'd to enjoy his Victories a more glorious Redeemer had never enter'd the Walls of any City 6. Nor was the Constancy of Theramenes the Athenian inconsiderable being compell'd to die in Prison where without any signe of fear he drank the Potion prepar'd for him by the thirty Tyrants and smiling upon the publick Officer that brought it Tell Critias quoth he I drink to him and therefore take care that thou carry him the Cup assoon as thou canst Now this Critias was the cruellest of all the Tyrants Certainly it is as easie to free a mans self from punishment as to endure punishment and thus Theramenes as if he had died in his Bed departed this

understood by the Letters from Paulus that Perseus was taken the same day he was not only delivered out of custody but honoured w●th a gift of Land and vacancy from bearing Office It was also farther found that Castor and Pol●ux did watch over the safety of the Common-wealth and travail'd hard for the good of the same for that they were seen to wash themselves and their horses in the Lake of Iuturna and their Temple adjoyning to the Fountain open'd of it self not being unlockt by the hand of any person 2. But then we may relate how favourable the rest of the Gods were to our City For when our City was visited with a triennial Pestilence and that neither through divine Compassion or humane Aid any remedy could be found for so long and lasting a Calamity the Priests looking into the Sibyls Books observ'd that there was no other way to restore the City to its former health but by ●etching the Image of Esculapius from Epidaurus The City therefore sending their Ambassadours thither hop'd that by its autho●ity the greatest then in the world they might prevail to obtain the only remedy against their fatal misery Neither did her hope deceive her For her desire was granted with as much willingness as it was requested with earnestness For immediately the Epidaurians carrying the Ambassadours to the Temple of Esculapius distant from the City some five miles desired them to take out of it whatever they thought convenient for the preservation of Rome whose free benignity the god himself imitating by his celestial obedience approv'd the courtesie of mortals For that Snake which but seldom or never seen but to their great benefit the Epidaurians worshipt equal to Esculapius began to glide with a mild aspect and gentle motion through the chief parts of the City and being three days seen to the religious admiration of all men without doubt taking in good part the change of a more noble Seat hasted to the Roman Galley and while the Marriners stood affrighted at so unusual a sight crept aboard the Ship and peaceably folding its self into several rings quietly remain'd in the Cabbin of Q. Ogulnius one of the Ambassadours The Legats having return'd due thanks and being instructed by the skilful in the due worship of the Serpent like men that had obtain'd their hearts desire joyfully departed and after a prosperous Voyage putting in at Antium the Snake which had remained in the Ship glided to the Porch of the Temple of Esculapius adorn'd with Myrtle and other Boughs and twisted itself about a Palm-tree of a very great height staying for three days in the Temple of Antium the Ambassadours with great care setting by those things wherewith he used to be fed for fear he should be unwilling to return to the Ship after which he patiently suffer'd himself to be transported to our City The Ambassadours landing upon the shore of Tiber the Snake swam to the Island where the Temple was dedicated and by his coming dispell'd the Calamity for remedy whereof he was sought Not less voluntary was the coming of Iuno to our City The Veientes being taken by Furius Camillus the Souldiers by command of the General going about to remove the Image of Iuno Moneta which was there in principal adoration endeavour'd to remove it from the place where it stood Among the rest one of the Souldiers asked the Goddess in sport whether she would go to Rome to which the Goddess replying she would the jest was turn'd into admiration And now believing that they did not only carry the Image but Iuno her self with great joy they placed her in that part of the Aventine Mountain where now we see her Temple stand 4. The Image also of the Womens Fortune about four miles from the City upon the Latine Road consecrated together with her Temple at the same time that Coriolanus was diverted from th● destruction of the City by his Mothers tears was heard not once bu● twice to speak these words In due manner have you seen me Matrons and in due manner dedicated me 5. But Valerius Publicola Consul after the expulsion of the Kings waged War with the Veientes and Hetrurians while the one sought to restore Tarquirius to his Kingdome the other sought to retain their new-recover'd Liberty At which time while the Hetrurians and Tarquinius had the upper hand in the Right Wing there hapned such a sudden Consternation that not only the Victors began to fly but also drew the Veientes struck with the same fear along with them On a sudden a loud voice was heard from the adjoining Arsian Wood said to be uttered from the mouth of a Sylvan But one more of the Hetrurians shall fall The Roman Host shall obtain the Conquest The truth of the Miracle appeared by the number of the dead Bodies told 6. What say ye to the Assistance of Mars which facilitated the Victory of the Romans is it not worthy of lasting memory When the Brutians and Lucans with most inveterate Hatred and great Forces sought the destruction of the City of Thurinum C. Fabricius Luscinus Consul on the other side endeavouring with all his might to preserve the same and that the event of things seemed dubious the Forces of both sides being met in one place and the Romans not daring to venture battle a young man of a comely stature began to exhort them to take courage and finding them not very forward laying hold of a Ladder he posted through the middle of the Enemies body to the opposite Camp and setting up his Ladder scal'd the fortification and then crying out with a loud voice that there was a step to Victory rais'd he drew ours to assail the Lucans and Brutians to defend their own Camp where after a sharp Conflict they were utterly overthrown For by the impulse of his own Arms he deliver'd um over to be slain and taken by the Romans Twenty Thousand being slain Five Thousand taken together with Statius Statilius General of both People and Twenty Military Ensignes The next day when the Consul told the Souldiers that he had reserv'd a Crown for him who had shewed so much Courage in taking the Camp and no young man was to be found to claim it it was then known and believed that Mars had taken the Romans par● And among other demonstrations of the truth of the thing there was a Head-piece found with two Plumes which had covered his sacred Head Therefore by command of Fabricius there was a Supplication to Mars proclaim'd and thanks return'd to him with great joy by the Souldiers crown'd with Lawrel in testimony of the assistance which they had received from him 7. I shall relate now what being known in that age was faithfully deliver'd to those which succeeded Aeneas bringing his houshold-gods with him from Troy placed them in Lavinium From thence they were by his Son Ascanius remov●d to Alba which himself had built which lest it should seem a force put upon them

observed them to be religiously sincere Who as he had nothing while he lived that could be publikly taxed yet being deceas'd had the Concord and Unity of the City for his Patrimony 3. I cannot deny but that there was Silver in the Houses of Caius Fabricius and Q. Emilius Papus the most principal men of their times But Fabricius seem'd the more prodigal because he had a Horn-fo●t to his Drinking-cup But Papus seem'd more head-strong who having received his Goods as hereditary would not alienate them for religions sake 4. They were also certainly very rich who were call'd from the Plough to be made Consuls for pleasures sake they plough'd the sandy and barren Soil of Pupinia and ignorant of delicacy scatter'd those vast clods with c●ntinued sweat and labour so that those whom the dangers of the Common wealth call'd to be Emperours and Generals their want at home for why should truth conceal a Sirname compell'd to follow the call of Cowherds 5. They who were sent by the Senate to call Atilius to undertake the Government of the Roman People found him sowing in his Garden but those hands hardned with Countrey-labour establish'd the safety of the Common-wealth and defeated mighty Armies of the Enemies and those hands that lately held the Plough now hold the reins of the Triumphant Chariot Nor was he asham'd when he had laid down his Ebony Staff to return again to the Plough Tail Well may Atilius comfort the Poor but much more instruct the Rich how little the troublesome care of gathering Riches advantages the true desire of purchasing solid Honour 6. Of the same name and blood Atilius Regulus the greatest glory and the greatest calamity of the Punic War when he had ruin'd the wealth of the most insolent Carthaginian by the success of many Victories and understood that his authority was continued for the next year upon consid●ration of his worthy deeds he wrote to the Consuls that his Bayly of his little Farm that he had in the Countrey of Popinia was de●d and that one that he had hired was gone away with his Utensils of Agriculture and therefore desired that a Succ●ssour might be sent him left his land lying untill'd his Wife and Children should want Bread Which when the Consuls had r●lated to the Senate they caus'd his ground to be let and setled a Livelihood upon his Wife and Children and ordered those things that he had lost to be redeem'd Such was the Example of Atilius's vertue to our Treasury that every Age will boast of among the Romans 7. Equally large were the Farms of L. Quinctius Cincinn●●us For he poss●ssed only seven Acres of Land and of these he had lost three forfeited for a Fine being bound to the Treasury and with the rest of this little Land he paid another Forfeiture for his Son Caeso for not appearing when he was call'd to answer the Law And yet when he was ploughing only four Acres of this Land he not only upheld the dignity of his Family but had the Dictatorship conferr'd upon him He accompts himself to live splendidly now whose House stands upon as much ground as all Cincinnatus F●rm contain'd 8. What shall I say of the Aelian Family How ●ic● were they There were Sixteen of that name whos● little Cottage stood where now the Marian Monuments stand and a small Farm in the Countrey of th● Veii that needed fewer men to till it than it had Owners and in the Parishes call'd M●ximus and Flaminia they had the ground where the Theater stood bestowed upon them for their vertue by the Publick 9. That Family had not one scruple of Silver before that Paulus after he had utterly defeated Perses gave to Aelius Tubero his Son-in-Law five Poun● weight of Gold out of the Spoils that were taken I omit that the chief person of the City gave his Daughter in marriage to one whose ●amily and Estate was so exceeding low And he himself died so v●ry poor that unless he had sold one Farm which he had left there had not been sufficient for th● Dowry of his Wife The minds of Men and Women were then most noble in the City and the worth of every Man was then in all things weighed against his Goods and Estate For every one made it his business to serve his Country not himself And they rather chose poverty in a rich Empire than riches in a poor Empire And to this noble resolution that reward was given that it was not lawful to buy any of those things which were due to Vertue and the wants of Illustrious Men were supply'd out of the publick Stock 10. And therefore when Cneus Scipio had written out of Spain to the Senate desiring that a successor might be sent him for that he had a daughter now fit for marriage and that no portion could be provided for her without he were present The Senate lest the Commonwealth should loose a good Captain performed the office of a Father and having with the advice of his Wife and Relations agreed upon the Portion caused it to be paid out of the publick Treasury The Portion was two thousand pieces of brass mony whereby not only appears the kindness of the Conscript Fathers but the usual measure of the ancient Estates may be guessed at For they were so small that Tatia the daughter of Cato was said to have brought her Husband an exceeding Portion when she brought him ten thousand pieces of brass mony And Megullia that entred her husbands house with fifty thousand pieces of brass mony was called for that reason the Maid with the Portion And therefore the Senate vindicated the daughters of Fabricius Luscinus and Scipio from being portionless by their own Liberality seeing their Parents had nothing to give them but their wealthy honours 11. What inheritance M. Scaurus received from his Father he himself relates in the first Book that he hath wrote concerning his Life For saith he he had but ten Slaves and the whole value ef his Estate was but thirty five thousand pieces of mony These Examples therefore we ought to regard and quiet our minds with the Consolation thereof who are always complaining of the scantiness or our own Fortunes We find no Silver or a very small quantity few Servants seven Acres of barren Land domestick Indigency Funeral expences publickly defray'd Daughters without Portions But we behold famous Consulships wonderful Dictatorships and innumerable Triumphs Why do we therefore with continual reproaches torment a mean Fortune as the chief evil of human kind Who though with not superfluously flowing yet with faithful breasts nourished the Poplicolae the Emilii the Fabricii the Curii the Scipio's the Scauri and all those other supports of Vertue equal to these Let us ●ather pull up our spirits and comfort our minds debilitated with the sight of mony with the memory of former times CHAP. I. Of Bashfulness or Modesty 1. Of the people of Rome 2. C. Terentius Varro Cos. 3. C. Cicereius