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A00446	A briefe chronicle, where in are described shortlye the originall, and the successiue estate of the Romaine weale publique the alteratyon and chaunge of sondrye offices in the same: the order and successyon of the kinges, consuls and emperoures therof, together wyth sondry gestes & actes of many famous princes and valiaunt captaines, from the first foundatyon of the city of Rome, vnto the. M.C. and. xix. yeare there of consequently: ryght plesant and profitable to be red, marked and folowed of all men. Collected and gathered first by Eutropius, and Englished by Nicolas Havvard, studiente of Thauies In. Anno. 1564.; Breviarium ab urbe condita. English	Eutropius, 4th cent.; Haward, Nicholas.	1564 (1564)	STC 10579; ESTC S101794	96,813	274

fell sicke and died at the same Manor place where hys father dyd after that hee hadde Titus died raigned two yeres eight monethes and twentye daies and in the fortye yere of his age There was no lesse Titꝰ his age and raigne mone and lamentation made for him after his death then if euery manne had bewailed his owne priuate losse and alonenesse The Senate hearing of his decease forthwith in hast wēt that same night in the eueninge tide into the counsaile house and there rendred vnto him being now at this time dead so greate praise thankes as they did neuer the lyke to hym at any time While he yet liued was conuersaunt amonge them He was Titus canonised also canonised After his decease Domitianus 12. Domitianus the .xii. Emperor brother to Titus began his raign in the. 4043. yere after the creatiō of the worlde in the 835. yeare after the buylding of Rome and in the yere of our Lord 83 he expulsed the Philosophers and studiers of the mathematicall sciences forth of Rome he was the ii emperor that persecuted the christians whō he put to deathe like as Nero dyd The crueltye and pryde of Domitianus obtained the Empire beinge yonger brother to Titus but he resembled more Nero or Caligula or Tiberius then he did eyther hys father or his brother In the firste beginnyng of hys Empyre he behaued hymself with great temperance and modesty But soone after being enfected wyth the vices of fleshly lust anger cruelty auarice he so kyndled the hatred of all mē against him that he dyd in manner quite abolishe and blot out of memory the good desertes of hys father and brother He slew the most worthy of the Senate He was the firste whiche commaunded hym self to be called a God He would not permyt the Romaynes to set vp anye pictures of hym vnlesse they were of golde or siluer He slew his owne cosen Germaine He was moreouer of an horrible pryde Hee made in his time .iiii. viages onlye One agaynst the Sarmatians an other agaynst the Cattianes and two into Dacia whyche is nowe called Denmarke He tryumphed twise ouer the Dacianes and the Cattianes When he had subdued the Sarmatianes he ware but a garlād of baies only He sustained sondrye damages in those battailes for in Sarmatia his Legiones and captain wer slain And by the Danes Appius Sabinus one of the Consuls Cornelius Fiscus captayn of the Emperours gard were also slayne and great garysons of men with them besides Hee finyshed sondry pieces of work at Rome among which was the Capitoll the place for Musicians and singing mē the two gallaries called Isium and Serapium and the Tilt a place for men to run in At length beinge abhorred and detested of all menne for diuers hys wycked doinges hee was slayne in Domitianus slain his palaice by his owne men in the xiv yere of his age and the .xv. yeare Domitianus his age and raigne of hys raigne His corps was caryed forth to buriall by suche onlye as vsually cary the bodies of other mean men in Rome to buryinge and so he was buryed verye dysworshipfullye ¶ The eyghte boke of the Breuiary of Eutropius IN the eyght hundreth fifty yeare after the building Vetus Valens Cōsuls of the city of Rome at what time Vetus and Valens were Consulles the weale publique When common welthes florish of Rome aspyred to a meruaylous prosperous estate agayne For that nowe wyth greate good happe the 13. Nerua the 13 Emperours began his Empyre in the. 4058. yere after the creatiō of the worlde in the 850. yeare after the buylding of Rome and in the yere of our Lord God 98. administrynge there of was committed and betaken to the guidaunce of good rulers For after the deathe of Domitianus that deadlye tiraunt Nerua succeaded a manne whyche in hys priuate life behaued hym selfe verye soberlye and yet was he both stoute and manfull He was descended but of a meane line of nobilitye ●y the procur emēt of Petronius Secundus who was captayne of the garde and Parthenius whyche was he that slew Domitianus he was chosen Emperor beinge then berye aged He demeaned hym selfe very vprightlye and curtuously He prouided very ●ire unispectlye for the weale publique by adopting Traianus to hys sonne Nerua Nerua deceased Nerua hys age raygn died at Rome after that he had raigned 14 Vlpius Traianus the. iiii Emperor began his raign in the. 4060 yere after the creation of the worlde in the 8●1 yere after come was built and in the. 100. yere after thincarnatiō of christ he was then foreyner that was created Emperor he was a Spaniard borne and no Italian adopted to the successyon of the Empyre by Nerua he was the third emperor that persecuted the christians But in his time it was decreed that they should not be called to examinatyon except they had bene fyrst accused Armenia renued one yere iiii moneths and .viii. dayes in the .lxxvi. yeare of hys age After his death he was canonised After him succeded Vlpius Traianus Crinitus who was born at Italica in Spayne whose parentage was more auncient of time then noble of birthe His father was fyrste Consul thē after he became to haue gouernmēt of thother Agripina a city in Fraunce He gouerned the weale publique in suche sort that he might worthelye be preferred aboue all other Princes He was one of passyng great ciuility and stoutnesse wythal Hee enlarged bothe in lengthe and bredthe the borders and marches of the Romaine Empire whyche sithe the tyme of Augustus was rather but defended and onlye conserued then worthely augmented He repaired those cities which were ruinous and fallen in decaye on the farther side of Rheine in Germany He subdued Dacia and vanquished Decibalus Hee created a Prouince on the farther side of Danubiꝰ in those parties where as now the Taiphalianes inhabite That Prouince extended to a thousand miles in cixcuit He recouered Armenia which the Parthiās had won and slewe Pharnaces the Sirian who deteined it He appoynted one to be king ouer the Albanes Hee receiued vnder obeysaunce the kynges of the Spaniardes the Moscouites the Bosphoranes the Arabiaues the Dsdroenes and of the inhabitaunts of Cholchos He conquered the Adiabenes and Marchomedes He subdued Antemusiū a greate region of Persia He wanne Seleucia Ctesiphontes Babilone and Edissios and broughte that countrey in subiection vnto the borders of India and marched still forwarde vntill he came to the redde sea where he founded three Prouinces Armenia Assiria and Mesopotamia together Thre prouinces made wyth those people whyche border vppon Macedonie After that he reduced Arabia also into the forme of a Prouince He prepared a nauye for the red Sea minding there with A vlage prepared ok the red sea to spoyle the coastes and borders of India But his curtesye and sobriety excelled farre all those hys Martiall The passyng same of Traianus feates

first triumphe ouer y● Illyrians had ouer the Illyrians Durynge the tyme that Emilius was Consull great armies of the Frenchmen wer Emilius consull Italy inuaded by the Frenchmen come ouer the Alpes Howe be it all Italy stoode together in the defence of the romaynes For as Fabius the Historician dooth report who was hymself present at that battai there were eyght hundreth thousand men in a redinesse for to haue fought that battayle Neuerthelesse the Consull hym selfe ended that battail wyth greate dexteritye of fortune He slew in that battayle forty thousande ennemies and there was a tryumphe decreed vnto Emilius A fewe yeres after a battayl was fought against Emiliꝰ tryumphed the Frenchmen wythin Italye and it was doone by Marcus Claudius Marcellus and Cneus Cornelius Scipio beynge then consulles At Battayle agaynste the Frenchmen Mar. Clau. Mar. Cne Corne. Sci. Consuls that same tyme Marcellus hauynge wyth hym but a very smal troupe of horsemen slewe the kynge of the Frenchmen called Viridomarus wyth hys own hands After he and Viridomarꝰ kynge of the Frenchmen slain by Marcellus Millayn conquered his fellowe consull slewe greate armyes of the Frenchmen He conque●rd Millaine He broughte an excea●yng great spoyle with him home to Rome and in his triumph he fastned ●he spoyles whyche he had gotten of Marcellꝰ tryumphed the Frenche kinge to a longe staues ●nde and so bare it vppon hys owne ●houlders In the time that Mar●us Minutius and Publius Corne●ius Mar. Min. Pub. Corne. Consuls War with y● Istrians were Consulles warre was ●aged sore agaynste the Istryans for that they had robbed and despoyled the shyppes of the Romaynes which serued them with grayn And they were quyte subdued The selfe same yeare the Carthaginiens waged The second battayl of the Carthagi against the Romains in the 560. yeare after the citye was buylt whych duted by the space of .xvi. yeres Saguntum assaulted by Annibal theyr second battayl against the Romaynes by Anniball their capytaine who attempted to assault Saguntum a city of Spayn whych was in league and frendship whyche the Romaines This Annibal was then of the age of .xx. yeres and had in his army a hundreth and fifty thousand horsemen and twenty thousand fotemen The Romaines sent ambassadoures to him to wyll him to cease from battayle But hee woulde not speake with the Legates whervpon the Romaynes sent likewise to Carthage Howe lothe the Romains were to vse force desiring that commaundemēt might be geuen to Anniball that he shoulde no more warre vppon suche people as were frends and in league with the Romaynes But they has shreud answeres geuen them by the Carthaginiens In the mean season the Saguntines were famishedde whome Anniball after he had gotte The Saguntines famishe by Annibal the conquest ouer theym afflyeted wyth extreme punishments Vppon this Publius Cornelius Scipio wēt into Spayne wyth an army and Tiberius Two armies sent forthe by the romains Sēpronius into Sicilie with an other warre was proclaymed agaynst the Carthaginiens Anniball leauinge his brother Asoruball in Spayne hymselfe passed ouer Pyreneus makinge his waye ouer the Alpes at which place as yet no way laye It was reported that he had in Annibal passed the alpes hys army whiche he broughte wyth him into Italy lxxx M. footemenne xx M. horsemenne and xxxvii Elephantes In this space diuers Ligurianes and Frenchmen had assocyated them selues with Annibal Sempronius Gracchus assone as he vnderstode that Annibal was come into Italy he conueyed his army ouer Ariminus forth of Sicilie Pub. Cor. Scipio first encountred with Annibal his Scipio discōfyted by Anniball men wer put to flight himself returned wounded to his tentes Sēpronius Gracchus in like maner fought with him at the riner Trebia Semproniꝰ Gracchꝰ dyscomfyted by Anniball and was discomfited Whervpon diuers in Italy for fear yelded thē selues to Annibal And as he departed thence to Thuscia he met with Flaminius the Consull whom he slewe Flaminiꝰ the Consul slayn by Annibal There wer at that time .xxv. M. Romaines slain The residue fled After these things Q. Fab. Max. was sent by the Romaynes agaynst Annibal He by tracting the time and dalying brake the violence and force of Annibal and efcsones finding oportunity set vpon him and gaue him the ouer throw In the ccccc and. xleyere after that the city of Rome was built Lucius Anniball sustayned the ouerthrowe by Q. Fa. max. Emilius and Publius Terentius Varro were sent against Anniball and succeaded Fabius whyche Fabius aduertised bothe the Consulles that they could not otherwise Lu. Emiliꝰ and Publi Terē Varro Consuls ouercome Anniball who was a hot and a hastye warryoure but onlye by deferrynge and prolongynge the battayle Howe be it Varro verye rashlye contrary to the mynde of the other Consull ioyned the battayle and foughte at the Towne called Canne in Apulia Wheras both the Consulles were ouercome by Anniball There were slayne in that battayle Bothe the Consuls ouer come by Anniball three hundreth Africanes and a great parte of Anniball hys armye was wounded But no battayle that The greatest discomfyture that euer the Romains endured by the Carthagini the Romaynes euer hadbe wyth the Carthaginiens endamaged them so muche as this For whye there wer slain in that battaile Emilius Paulus then consull and twentye other of the order of Consulles and Pretoures of the Senators ther wer taken and slayne .xxx. noble men to the nomber of three hundreth soldioures to the noumber of .xl. M. and .iii. M. and fiue hundreth gentlemen besides For al whych great mischaunce there was not yet anye one among the Romaines whiche made anye mentyon of The greate stoutnesse of the romayns peace makinge with the Carthaginiens The bondmen in Rome were made free and appoynted for souldioures The bondmē in Rome manumist whyche thynge neuer hapned erste there After that battaile many cities in Italye whiche before were vnder the obeysaunce of the Romaines fell from them to Anniball Then Annibal profered the Romaynes that they shoulde redeame suche Annibal profered the Romaynes to redeme theyr prysoners The greate stoutnesse of the romayns souldioures of theyrs as he had taken prysonners To whome the Romaynes and the Senators aunswered that those wer not to be accompted as necessary citizens which whē they were armed woulde bee taken prysonners vppon whych aunswer Anniball slew them all wyth sondry punishments and sent home to Carthage three bushels full of rynges which he pluckte of from the handes A passynge great murther of the romaynes of the Gentlemen and Senatoures and souldioures of the Romaynes Asdrubal also hys brother whom he lefte behynde him in Spaine wyth a greate armye to the ende he myghte brynge all that country in subiection to the Africanes sustained an ouerthrowe by the two Scipios whyche were captaines of the Romaines he Asdrubal ouercom by the ii Scipioes lost in that battaile

.xxxv. M. men of whyche the Romaynes toke prisonners x. M. and slewe .xx. M. But the Carthaginiens to strengthen hym agayn sente him out of hand .xii. M. footemen and. iiii M. horsemen and xx Elephants In the .iiii. yere after that Anniball inuaded Italye Marcus Claudius Marcellus then Consul Mar. Clau. Marcel Consul fought against him with passyng good fortune at Nola a city of Cāpania Annibal had by this time gotten many cities ther frō the Romains in Apulia Calabria among the Brutians At that time Phillip kynge of Macedonie by his Legates whome he sent to Anniball profered that he Phillyp profered to ayde Anniball against the Romaynes wold aid him against the Romains Vpon condition that after he had ouercome the Romains he mighte in like manner haue assistence of Anniball against the Grecians But the Romaines by chaunce apprehended the Legates of king Phillip and vnderstode by them the whole matter Where vppon they willed Marcus Valerius Leuinus to go into Macedonie and Titus Manlius Torquatus then being Proconsul into Sardinia for that Prouince also through the alluring of Anniball was fallen from the Romains And thus at one Battail waged in four seueral places by the Romaynes time fought the Romaines in foure seuerall places rogether In Italy against Annibal In Spaine agaynste his brother Asdrubal In Macebonie against Phillip In Sardinia against the Sardinians and an other Asdruball a Carthaginien This Asdrubal was taken by Titus Manlius the Proconsull who was sent into Sardinia against him he also slew there xii M. of his ennemyes and tooke a M. and D prysonners Thus was Sardinia subdued by the Romains and Manlius as a conqueror brought Sardinia sub dued by the romaynes Asdruball and those other prisoners with him to Rome In this whyle Philip was also ouercome by Leuinus in Macedonie And Asdrubal the Phyllip ouer come secōd brother to Annibal and Mago his third brother wer by the ii Scipiocs Asdrubal and mago ouercome ouercome in Spain In the tenth yere after that Anniball inuaded Italy at what time Pub. Sul. Cne Ful. wer consuls Annibal aproched with in 4. miles of the city of Rome his Pub. Sul. Cne Fulu●ꝰ Consuls horsmē wer come to the very gates But forthwith for dread of the Consuls whiche came against hym wyth a great hoste he retired back to Cāpania Soone after hys brother Asdruball flewe hothe the Scipioes in Spayne whyche by the space of many The .ii. Scipio● slayn by Asdruball in Spayne yeares hadde bene conqueroures there Neuerthelesse their army remayned whole For why they were rather beguiled by traine then vanquished by manhode At this tyme a great parte of Sicilie was recouered by Marcellus the Consull whyche countrey the Afers began as than to possesse and from Siracusa the most famous Citye therof he broughte an exceadinge greate spoyle to Rome Leuinus made league and ioyned frendship wyth Philippus Macedonie Frendshyp ioyned wyth Phillip by Leuinus and with diuers other cityes in Grece besides with Attalus kinge of Asia And by the way as he wente marching toward Sicilie he discomfyted and tooke prisoner Annones a captain of the Carthaginiens at the Annones taken prisoner city Agrigentum together wyth the city it selfe and sent him to Rome amonge those other prisoners There were yelded vp vnto him .xl. cityes He conquered .xxvi. other cytyes Thus when all Sicilie was recouered and Macedonie in such sort shaken and quailde hee retourned to Rome wyth greate renowme Afterwarde Anniball assaultinge Cneus Cneus Fuluius slayn by Annibal Fuluius at vnwares beinge then in Italye slue him and viii M. men besydes In the meane space Publius Pub. Corne. Scipio sente into Spayne Cornelius Scipio sonne of Publius Scipio was sent into Spayn where after that the two Scipioes were slayne no captaine of the Romains was lefte He waged battaile there beinge but of the age of .xxiiii. yeres One who of all the Romaynes that were eyther in his dayes or anye Great commendation of Scipio tyme sith might worthely be adiudged the chiefest He wan Carthage in Spayn where the Affricanes hadde all theyr golde and Siluer and furniture for warre Carthage in Spayn won remayninge Furthermore he sente to Rome the mooste noble hostages which he had receiued of the Spaniardes He toke also prisonner Mago Annibal his brother and sent him to mago sent prisoner to rome Rome with the residew There was great myrth demeaned at Rome after theese newes Scipio restored to theyr parentes theyr sonnes whom he had receiued for pledges before Where vppon in manner all the Spanyardes wyth one assente tooke part with Scipio againste Anniball After these thynges he subdued and put to flight Asdruball Anniball hys brother and got ther a great spoyle Asdrubal discomfited In this meane space Quintus Fabius Maximus the Consull beynge as then in Italye recouered Tarentum in whiche wer then remaining Tarentum recouered greate armies of Annibal and there he slewe also Carthalon captayne to Anniball He sold .xxv. thousand prisoners and deuided the spoyl among Carthalō slayne his souldioures and the mony which he receiued for the men whyche hee solde he brought to the common tresor of the Romaines Then many cities of the Romaines whiche earste had yelded them selues to Anniball did againe submitte them selues to Fabius Maximus The yere following Scipio wroughte notable feates Scipio hys good successe in his affairs in Spain there he what through the ayde of his brother Lucius Scipio what throughe hys owne valiauntnesse recouered .lxx. cities Howbeit they had euil successe in that battaile which they fought in Italy For why Claudius Marcellus being then consull Clau. mar consul slayne was slayne there by Anniball In the third yere after that Scipio wēt again into Spain and atcheued worthy things there He vanquished the kynge of Spayne in a great battail The kyng of Spayne dyscomfyted and afterwarde concluded frendshyp wyth him wythoute requyryng any pledges of him after hee was subdued wheras all others vsed after they had vanquysht anye to take pledges of them whome they hadde so ouercome Then Anniball fearynge that he should not be able anye longer to detayne Spain against Scipio or to wythstande hys force sente for hys Asdrubal sent for forthe of Spayne brother Asdruball withall his army from thence And as Asdruball wold haue passed that same way as Anniball did forthe of Spayne into Italy warde he fell into the embushmētes whyche of set purpose were layd for hym by Appius Claudius Nero and Asdruball slayne Marcus Liuius Salinator at which place manfully fightinge and defendyng hym selfe hee was slayne and hys great army whyche he had wyth hym was al together taken eyther or slaine and a greate quantitye of treasure was brought to Rome after those thynges Anniball began cleane to despaire of the successe of the battail and courage accrewed grew to the Romains Whervppon they

of hys raygne warred agaynste the Romaynes by the space of forty yeres Then Pompeius adressed hys battaile agaynste Tigranes who yelded hym selfe Tigranes pursued And so sone as he was entred within Pompeius hys tentes whyche were pitched .xvi. myles dystante from Artaxata he fell prostrate at Pompeius hys fete and deliuered vp his crown into the handes of Pompeius but Tigranes submytted hymselfe Pompeius reposed it again vpon his head and entreated hym verye worthely Neuertheles he depriued him of a portion of his kingdome and assessed hym to pay a great summe of The worthinesse of Pompeius mony besides There was taken frō him Siria Phenices and Sophenes and he was assessed to paye .vi. M. talents of siluer for that he warred agaynst the Romains without cause Not lōg after Pompeius also made warre vpon the Albanes and ouercame War against the Albanes Orodes king of th Albanes ouercome Orodes kinge of the Albanes in three sondry battails But at last beinge requested by letters and presents he bothe pardoned hym and graunted hym peace He ouercame Arthaces kyng of Iberia vāquished in lyke manner Arthaces kynge of Iberia in fight and at last receyued him vnder allegeaunce He gaue Armenia the lesse to Deiotarus kynge Armenia geuen to Deiotarus of Galacia for that he had aided hym in battaile againste Mithridates He restored Paphlagonia to Attalꝰ and Attalus and Pilemenes restored to theyr kyngdomes Pilemenes He deputed Aristarchus kyng ouer Colchos Sone after he ouercame the Iturians and Arabiās And when he cam into Siria he enfraunchised Seleucia a citye situate Seleucia enfranchysed A peece of neare to Antioche for that they dyd not ayd ne succour king Tigranes He redeliuered to the Antiochians their pledges whyche they gaue to hym He gaue the Daphuenses a per cell of lande for the enlargemente of theyr groues or copyes for that hee was delighted with the pleasaunte site of that place and the greate plentye of waters whych abounded ground geuen to the Daphuenses there From thence he passed forthe takynge his waye towardes Iudea And in the thyrde moneth after hys arriuinge there he wan Ierusalem the chiefe citye of that countrey He slew there .xii. M. Iewes the residue he receyued vnder allegeaunce These things being thus finished he wente into Asia and so ended he the war which had long continued whē M. Cullius C i. and Caiꝰ Antonius Consuls This Cicero was lireally descended frō the kinges of the Volsci●● whyche were leng before the city of Rome a mā of singuler wy● clemency and of a passing z●l●te his coūtry he was called of the Father of his coūtry for that he hadso studie ●sly preserued it He flouryshed about xi yeres before the Incarnatyon of Christ Marcus Tullius the Orator Caiꝰ Antonius wer Consuls in the .vi. C. lxxxix yere after the city was builte Lucius Sergius Catiline a mā descended of a noble stock but yet of an euill disposityon conspired wyth dyuers other noble menne of like rashnesse and naughtinesse as he was Catiline was expulsed forthe of the city by Cicero His confederates wer apprehended and thratled in prison Afterwarde Catiline himselfe was ouercome in battaile and slayne by Antonius the other Consul In the six hundreth and ninetenth yeare after the buildinge of Rome When Decius Iunius Sillanus and Lucius Murena were Cansuls Metellus triumphed ouer Crete and Pompeius tryumphed for the battaile D. Iunius Sillanꝰ and L. Murena Consuls which he had ouer the Pirates on the sea and for that other battaile whyche he waged wyth Mithridates The pompe and pride of no tryumphe was euer lyke to that of Metellꝰ and Pompeius trfumphed Pompeius There were led before hys charyot the sonne of Mithridates and the sonne of kynge Tigranes and Aristobulus kynge of the Iewes Ther was caryed moreouer before hym greate store of wine and an infinite deale of golde and siluer besides At thys time the Romaines waged no greate battayles through all the whole worlde In the sixe hund eth nineteth and thirde yeare after the buildynge of Ca. Iulius Cesar and L. Bibulus tryumphed the Citye Caius Iulius ▪ Cesar who afterwarde became Emperour was created Consull and Lucius Bibulus with hym Fraunce was committed to hys gouermēt and the coast of Illiria now called Sclauonia together wyth .x. legions of souldioures Fyrst he subdued the Heluetians whych are also called the Sequanes or Burgoniās Then he passed forth stil conquering and subduing as he went with greuous battayles vntyll he came to the Englyshe Ocean sea And with in the space of .ix. yeres he broughte wel nyghe all Fraunce in subiertyon so muche as is situate betweene the Alpes the riuer of Roan the floud of Rheyn and the Occean sea whiche in circuit extendeth to ccccc miles Sone after he warred vppon the Britaynes whyche before his aryuing Brytain whiche is nowe called England inuaded by Iulius Ccsar The Britaines tributaryes to the Romaynes there had neuer anye cognisaunce nor at anye tyme harde speakynge of the Romaines When he had subdued them he made them tributary to the Romaynes and tooke hostages of them But he did exacte of Fraunce vnder name of Tribute cccc Sestercios Then he assaild the Germaines which inhabited on the farther side of the riuer of Roan and vanquished them in most sharp battayles But amonge all these so many successes and chaunces of fortune he fought thrise vnluckelye Ones agaynste the Auernians in Fraunce Thre vnlucky vattailes of Iulius Cesar at whyche battaile he was presente hymself and twise in Germany whē he was absent For his two Legates Titurius and Aruneulus wer slaine ther by a train About the same time ▪ in the cccccc xcvii yere after the city was builte Marcus Licinius Crassꝰ fellowe in offyce with Cneus Pompeius the great in the seconde yeare after that he was made Consul was sent on a viage againste the Parthians and ioyning battaile with them in an euill houre at Carras he was M. Licinius Caslus slam ouercome by Surena captayne to kynge Drodes and at laste he was slayne and hys Sonne also a valyaunte and a worthye yonge man towardes The residue of hys armye was preserued by Caius Cassius Aciuii dissention sprong in Rome after which ensued a most sharpe ciuill war betwene Pompeius and Iulius Cesare where vppon grew thalteration of the weale publyque of Rome and an vtter decay in manner of the same the occasyon of the battayl was butlight For Cesar after he was returned forthe of Fraūce requested to bee made Cōsul for so it stode hym in hand for that certē had conspired soone after to haueprocured his bannyshment through whose inueglyng Pompei us chaunged hys former mynd and reuoked hys former promesse made to Cesar and added besides cer●en threatnynges to Cesar wardes vpō which the grudge grew Thys battail began in the. 3914. yere after the creatyō of the world and in the 706. yere after the

most seruil boudage Galienus who was made Augustus beinge as yet but a very yong man At the first he did with great derterity gouern the weale publique Sone after indifferently wel and at the last meruailous naughtily For when he was but yong he at cheued and brought to passe sondrye things in Frasice Illiria ●ery stoutly He slew Iugenuꝰ at Mursia one of the peres of y● country Treballinnꝰ Long time after that he behaued himself meruailous stil and quiet Afterward geuing himself wholy ouer to wantonnesse and ryot from thēce forth he gouerned y● weal publique with exceadinge great cowardise so that things fell into passynge greate desperation The Almaines when they had despoiled Fraunce The Romaynes annoyed the Romaine empyre they inuaded Italy And Dacia whiche was situate on the farther side of the riuer Danubius and by Traianꝰ was annexed to the Romaine Empire was then loste Grees Macedonie Pontns and Asia were ouer run by the Gothes Hungary was despoiled by the Sarmatians and the Bohemians A great parte of the Romain empyre won by foreyners The Germaines proceded stil forward vntil they cam to Spain where they conquered the worthye city Tarracon When the Parthiās had no we gotten Mesopotomia they began also to pretende atytle and of claime to Syria Thus when things were welnigh past all hope of reconerye and the Romaine Empyre almoste wholly extinguished Posthumius a Frenche man borne beynge Posthumius vsurped the estate imperial come of a verye base stocke intruded into thempire and gouerned the same by the space of .x. yeres in suche sort that through his great p●owesse and manhode he recouered those prouinces whiche were then almoste quite loste But wythin a while after hee was slaine in a tumult in which the Posthumius slayne souldiours rose against him for that he would not licence and permit thē to rifle and sacke the city Moguncia which rebelled against him at which place Lollianus also begā new conspiracies After him Mariꝰ a handicraftes Marius vsurped the imperiall estate man of a very vile and reiect occupation got the Empire and the next daye after he was slayne Then Victorinus gouerned Fraunce Victorinus toke on him the gouernment of Fraunce he was a meruaylous stout man of courage but ouermuche geuen to carnall concupiscēs And when he fel to deflour and forse other mens wiues he was slayne at Victorinus slayne the city Agrippina in the second yere of his raigne through the treason of one Acturiꝰ After him succeded Tetricus the Senator who being lieuetenaunt Tetricus chosen emperour ouer y● part of Fraūce which is called Aquitany or Guion was in his absence by the whole consent of his soldiors chosen Emperor and at Burdeux he toke estate vppon hym He ouerstode sondry tumultes of the souldioures But whilest that those thinges toke this successe in Fraūce the Persians were vanquishte in the East partes by Odenatꝰ Syria was The Persians vāquisht defended againste suche as inuaded it and Mesopotamia was againe recouered Odenatꝰ proceded forward vntil he came to Ctesiphōtes a town in Parthia Then when Galienus had resigned and geuen vp the gouernemente of the weale publique the Romaine Empire was adminystred by two at ones The East partes by Odenatus and the West partes The romayn Empyre gouerned by .ii. at ones by Posthumius In this meane space Galienus Valerianus were slaine at Millaine in the ninthe yere of their raign and Claudius succeaded after them who was chosen by the souldiors and by 32. Claudius the 23. Emperoure began his raign in the yeare of our Lord. 271 a very worthi man he recouered agayne things which were gone to decay duryng the raygnes of Valeriauꝰ and Galienus the Senate created Augustus He ouercame in sharpe warres the Gothes he wan Illiria and discomfited put to flight suche as despoiled Macedonie He was a very sparing man and a sober A maintainer of iustice and suche one as was fyt to gouernea weale publique Within .ii. yeres after that he began first his raigne he sickned and died and was canonised The Senate attributed greate honours vnto him For why they caused to be hanged vp a golden Target or shielde in the Councel house and in the Capitoll a golden Image to be created for a perpetuall memory of him Next after Quintiliꝰ brother to that same Claudius was by the whole consent of the souldiours nominated Quintilius nominated emperour Emperor a man of singuler sobriety gentlenes worthy to be compared with his brother or rather to be preferd before him By the assent of the Senate he was made Augustꝰ and Quintilius slayne was slain within .xvii. dais after that he began his raign Then Aurelianꝰ accepted the gouernment of the Empire 33. Aurelianus the. 33. emperour preferred to that dignity by Claudius begā his raigne in the yeare of oure Lorde 213 he was the tenth emperor that deltexttemely with Christians He was borne at Dacia Ripensis which is now called Denmark He was a stout man in warre howe be it his minde was enclined to vnmesurable crueltye He subdued also manfully the Gothes He restored the Romain Empire to the wonted and auncient precinctes after longe and vncertain fortune of battail He vanquished Tetricus at Catalaunos in Fraunce where Tetricus betrayed Tetricꝰ vanquished and deposed .l. hys owne army vnto him for that he could not endure the dayly sedytions and discensions whyche spronge amonge hys souldioures Whervpon he requested Aurelius by letters seacreatly that he woulde rid him from those calamities In hys sayd letters he vsed this vearse of Virgil. eripe me his muicte malis which is Deliuer me forth of these miseries thou victoryous and inuincible conqueroure He toke Zenobia prisnoner in an exceading greate battaile almost faste by Antioche when he had first slain her husbande Odenatus who had nowe got all the East partes vnder his dominion Odenatus slayne And when he cam to Rome he triumphed worthilye as he who had againe recouered both the Easte and West partes of the Empyre Aurelianus triumphed at Rome There went before his charyot in y● triumphe Tetricus and Zenobia But Tetricus was afterward deputed to haue the refourminge and redressyng of Lucania and lyued as a priuate person there of longe tyme. And Zenobia atter her decease lef● her posteritye at Rome whiche deo as yet to this daye remayne there Duringe the raigne of Aurelianus the coyners of money rebelled wyth Coyners rebelled in Rome in the city of Rome They depraued the coyne and slewe one Foelicissinnus Rationalis But Aurelianus when he had ones subdued them he kept them vnder with great extremitye of punishment Diuers of theyr Principals he put to deathe He demeaned hymselfe wyth great cruelty and as a bloud thyrster Manye reuerenced hym more for the dignitye and roume whyche he supplied then for anye zeale or loue that they bare to hym Hee practised alwayes horrible rigoure In so