cam profecti sunt, aliquot bringing back abundance of pluncivitates ceperunt : prædam der, suffered shipwreck. Whereingentem reducentes, nau- fore because these continued losses fragium passi sunt. Itaque did not please the Romans, the cum continuæ calamitates Senate decreed to decline fighting Romanis displicerent, decre- at sea, and that there should only vit senatus, ut a maritimis sixty ships be kept for the security præliis discederetur, et tan- of Italy.

tum sexaginta naves ad præsidiumItaliæ salvæ essent.

24. Lucio Cæcilio Metel

24. When L. Cæcilius Me

lo, C. Furio Pacello Consul- tellus, and C. Furius Pacellus ibus, Metellus in Sicilia Afro- were Con uls, Metellus defeated rum ducem cum cxxx. ele- in Sicilya general of the Africans, phantis, & magnis copiis coming against him with 180 venientem superavit, xx. elephants and a vast army; he millia hostium cecidit, sex killed 20,000 of the enemies, took & viginti elephantos cepit, 26 elephants, and picked up the reliquos errantes per Numi- rest that strayed away by means das, quos in auxilium habe- of the Numidians, whom he had bat, collegit, & Romam de- to assist him, and brought them to duxit ingenti pompa, cum Rome in great pomp, filling all cxxx. elephantorum numero the roads with this number of omnia itinera compleret. Post 130 elephants. After these mishæc mala Carthaginenses fortunes, the Carthaginians deRegulum ducem, quem cepe- sired the general Regulus, whom rant, petierunt, ut Romam they had taken, to go to Rome, proficisceretur, & pacem a and procure a peace for them Romanis obtineret,acpermu- from the Romans and make an tationeni captivorum faceret. exchange of prisoners.

25. Ille Romam cum 25. After he was come to venisset, inductus in Rome, being brought into the Sensenatum, nihil quasi Ro- ate, he acted nothing as a Roman, manus egit; dixitque se ex and said, that from the day in illa die, qua in potestatem which he came into the hands of Afrorum venisset, Roma- the Africans he had ceased to be num esse desivisse. Itaque & a Roman. Wherefore he both uxorem a complexu removit, hindered his wife from embracing & Romanis suasit, ne pax him; and advised the Romans cum Pœnis fieret: illos e- that a peace should not be ade nim, fractos tot casibus, with the Carthaginians for that

spem nullam habere; se they being brought low by so matanti non esse, ut tot millia ny misfortunes had no hopes; that captivorum propter unum he was not worth so much, tha: so se & senem, & paucos qui many thousand prisoners should ex Romanis capti fuerant, be restored for him alone, an old redderentur: itaque obtinu- man and a few of the Romans, it. Nam Afros pacem that were taken; and accordingpetentes nullus admisit. ly be carried it; for no one would Ipse Carthaginem rediit; hearken to the Africans upon offerentibusque Romanis, ut their desiring peace. He returned eum Romæ tenerent, nega- to Carthage; and the Romans vit se in ea urbe mansurum, offering to keep him at Rome, he in qua, postquam Afris ser- denied that he would continue in vierat, dignitatem honesti that city, in which, after he had civis habere non posset. been in a state of captivity aRegressus igitur ad Afri- mongst the Af icans, he could not cam omnibus suppliciis ex- have the dignity of an honourable tinctus est.

citizen. Wherefore returning to Africa, he was put to death with all manner of tortures.

26. P. Claudio Pulchro, 26. When P. Claudius PulC. Junio Consulibus, Clau- cher, and C. Junius were Condius contra auspicia pug- suls, Claudius fought contrary navit, & a Carthaginiensibus to the auspices, and was defeated victus est: Nam ex ducentis by the Carthaginians: for he & viginti navibus, cum tri- fled with 30 only of 220 ships'; ginta fugit xc. cum pugna- 90 were taken with the soldiers on toribus captæ sunt, demersæ board; the rest were sunk, and cæteræ, viginti millia capta. twenty thousand men made prisAlius quoque Consul clas- oners. The other Consul too sem naufragio amisit, exer- lost his fleet by hipwreck,yet savcitum tamen salvum habuit; ed his army because the shore was quia vicina littora erant. near.

27. Caio Luctatio Catu- 27. C. Luctatius Catulus and lo, Aulo Posthumio Albino A. Posthumius Albinus being consulibus, anno belli Puni- Consuls in the year of the Carci vigesimo tertio, Catulo thaginian war 23, the war abellum contra Afros com- gainst the Africans was committed missum est. Profectus est to Catulus. He went with 300 cum ccc. navibus in Sicili- ships into Sicily. The Africans am. Afri contra ipsum fitted out 300 against him. Luc

ccc. paraverunt. Luctatius tatius Catulus went aboard his Catulus navem æger ascen- ship sick, for he had been wounded dit vulneratus enim in in the former fight. A battle was pugna superiore fuerat. fought with the utmost bravery on Contra Lilybæum, civitatem the Roman side,over against LilySiciliæ pugnatum est ingen- bæum, a city of Sicily; for 73 ti virtute Romanorum; ships of the Carthaginians were nam septuaginta tres Car- taken, 125 sunk, thirty-two thouthaginensium naves captæ sand of the enemies made prisonsunt, cxxv. demersæ; tri- ers, and thirteen thousand slain. ginta duo millia hostium An infinite quantity of gold and capta, xiii. occisa. Infini- silver came into the possession of tum auri argentique pondus the Romans. Twelve ships of the in potestatem Romanorum Roman fleet were sunk. This batredactum. Ex classe Ro- tle was fought upon the sixth of mana duodecim naves de- the ides of March. Immediately mersæ pugnatum est vi. the Carthaginians sued for peace, idus Martias. Statim Car- and a peace was granted to them. thaginenses pacem petie- The prisoners of the Romans, who runt, tributaque iis pax. vere in the possession of the CarCaptivi Romanorum, qui thaginians, were restored. The tenebantur a Carthaginensi- Carthaginians likewise desired, bus, redditi sunt. Etiam they might be permitted to redeem Carthaginenses petierunt, ut their prisoners, which the Roredimi eos captivos liceret, mans had of the Africans. The quos ex Afris Romani te- Senate ordered those to be restored nebant. Senatus jussit sine without ransom, that were in the pretio dari eos, qui in pub- custody of the public s but for lica custodia essent; qui au- those wh were in the possession tem a privatis tenerentur, of private persons, that their ranut, pretio dominis reddito, som money being paid their masCarthaginem redirent; at- ters, they should return to Carque id pretium ex fisco ma- thage; andthat that money should gis quam a Carthaginensi- be paid out of the public treasury, bus solveretur. rather than by the Carthaginians.

28. Quintus Luctatius, 28. Quintu Luctatius and Aulus Manlius consules cre- Aulus Manlius being chosen Conati, bellum Faliscis intule suls, made war upon the Falisci: runt ; quæ civitas Ital æ which was formerly a wealthy opulenta quondam fuit; state of Italy; which the Consuls quod ambo consules intra together finished in six days after

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sex dies postquam venerant, they came there, fifteen thousand transegerunt, quindecem of the enemy being slain, a peace millibus hostium cæsis, cæt- granted to the rest, and yet their eris pace concessa, agro ta- land to the half part being taken men ex medietate sublato. from them.

LIBER III.

FINITO igitur Punico WHEREFORE the Punick bello, quod per viginti duos war being ended, which was annos contractum est, Ro- carried on for 22 years; the Romani jam clarissima gloria mans being now famous, for their noti, legatos ad Ptolemæ- most celebrated glory, sent embasum, Ægypti regem, miser-' sadors to Ptolemy, King of Ægypt, unt, auxilia promittentes; promising him assistance; because quia rex Syriæ Antiochus Antiochus King of Syria had ei bellum intulerat. Ille made war upon him. He gave gratias Romanis egit, aux- thanks to the Romans, but did ilia non accepit; jam enim not accept their assistance; for fuerat pugna transacta. Eo- now the war was ended. dem tempore potentissimus the same time Hiero, the most rex Siciliæ Hiero Romam powerful King of Sicily, came to venit, ad ludos spectandos, & Rome to see the public games, ducenta millia modiorum and presented 200 thousand Modii tritici populo dono dedit. of wheat to the people.

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2. Lucio Cornelio Len- 2. L. Cornelius Lentulus and tulo, Fulvio Flacco consuli- Fulvius Flaccus being Consuls, bus, quibus Hiero Romam in whose year Hiero had come venerat, etiam contra Li- to Rome, a war was carried on gures intra Italiam bellum likewise against the Ligurians, gestum est, & de his trium- within Italy; and there was a phatum. Carthaginenses triumph upon that account. tum bella reparare tenta- Carthaginians then attempted to bant, Sardinienses, qui ex renew the war, exciting the Sarconditione pacis Romanis dinians, who by an article of the parere debebant, ad rebel- peace were obliged to be subject to landum impellantes; ven- the Romans, to rebel; yet an ex

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it tamen legatio Carthaginen- bassy of the Carthaginians came sium Romam, & pacem im- to Rome, and obtained peace. petravit.

3. Tito Manlio Torqua- 3. T. Manlius Torquatus and to, Caio Attilio Balbo con- C. Attilius Balbus being Consuls, sulibus, de Sardis triumpha- there was a triumph over the tum est & pace omnibus Sardinians: and a peace being locis facta, Romani nullum made in all places, the Romans bellum habuerunt, quod his, had no war, which had happenpost Romam conditam, se- ed to them but once, since the mel tantum, Numa Pom- building of Rome, when Numa pilio regnante, contigerat. Pompilius was reigning.

4. Lucius Posthumius 4. The Consuls L.Posthumius Albinus, Cnæus Fulvius, Albinus, Cnæus Fulvius CentuCentumalus consules bellum malus carried on a war against contra Illyrios gesserunt: & the Illyrians: and taking many multis civitatibus captis etiam cities, received likewise their reges in deditionem accepe- princes upon submission. Then for runt. Tum primum de the first time there was a triIllyriis triumphatum est. umph over the Illyrians.

5. Lucio Emilio consule, 5. When L. Æmilius was ingentes Gallorum copiæ Consul, a vast army of the Gauls Alpes transierunt: sed pro passed the Alps but all Italy Romanis tota Italia consen- was unanimous for the Romans: sit traditumque est Fabio and it is recorded by Fabius the historico, qui ei bello inter- historian, who was actually prefuit, Dccc. millia hominum sent in that war, that eight hunparata ad id bellum fuisse : dred thousand men were levied sed res per consules tantum for that war: but the business prospere gesta est: xl. millia was successfully managed by the hostium intersecta sunt, & Consuls only: forty thousand of triumphus Enelio decretus. the enemy were slain, and a triumph voted for Æmilius.

6. Aliquot deinde annis 6. Then some years after, the post, contra Gallos intra Romans again engaged against Italiam pugnatum est: fini- the Gauls within Italy: and the tumque est bellum Marco war was ended by the Consuls Claudio Marcello, Cnæo M.Claudius Marcellus and CnaCornelio Scipione consuli- us Scipio. Then Marcellus bus. Tunc Marcellus cum fought the enemy with a small parva manu equitum dimi- body of horse,and slew the King of cavit, & regem Gallorum, the Gauls, Viridomarus by name,