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A33186	The history of the triumvirates, the first that of Julius Cæsar, Pompey and Crassus, the second that of Augustus, Anthony and Lepidus being a faithfull collection from the best historians and other authours, concerning that revolution of the Roman government which hapned [sic] under their authority / written originally in French, and made English by Tho. Otway ...; Histoire du premier et du second triumvirat. English	Broë, S. de, seigneur de Citry et de La Guette, 17th cent.; Otway, Thomas, 1652-1685.	1686 (1686)	Wing C4345; ESTC R13558	316,899	694

his Mother was led in Triumph by Pompey's Father carrying her little Son in her Armes afterwards mere necessity reduced him to hire out Mules to the Magistrates that were employed in the Provinces this gave him an opportunity of doing a service for Iulius Caesar which gained him the favour of that great Man He then received him under his Command where Ventidius by his valour making himself remarkable he came afterwards to be Tribune of the People and then Pretor In this dignity he by his interest with the Souldiery was a great help to Anthony's affairs whom he assisted very powerfully Anthony out of gratitude used all his interest and authority to get him the charge of Chief-Priest and Consul whereupon the People were very much choqued at his preferment and published Lebels against him Some of the Verses were to this purpose Assemble your selves and consult O ye Augurs and Southsayers upon this extraordinary Prodigy he that curried the Mules is become Consul But for all this this very Man so despised by the Romans was the onely Man that ever revenged that signal shame and affront given them by the Parthians in the overthrow of Crassus He defeated them in three Battels killed their King's Son and was the onely General of all the Romans that ever had the honour and happiness of triumphing over that Nation And indeed the Romans though late were sensible of the justice they owed to his valour in ordaining magnificent Funeral Rites for him at the charge of the publick Agrippa had no less merit and his vertue was less envied he particularly signalized himself whereever he had any command but above all in the defeat of Pompey and the Victory over Anthony at Actium He had besides ever the chiefest place in Augustus his favour and had the honour to be his Son-in-law and to leave Emperours of his posterity He justly passed for the greatest Captain of his time and never did Man shew more obedience to his Prince nor more ambition to command others He was a great enemy to all delays and had no sooner formed any enterprise but he immediately put it in execution withall he was generous sincere and above all affected a frank liberty of speaking his mind so that he even spared not taxing his Prince of some actions that were displeasing to him as savoured too much of cruelty Salvidienus his character was very different from this he was no better born than the others or to say better much worse for he was but a poor Peasant forced for want to look after Cattel whilst he was such there happened to him something that appeared a prodigy his Head seemed as if all in a slame this moved him to list himself in the Army where by his valour he rose to the most considerable commands but then he was carried on by an unmeasurable ambition to undertake any thing to satisfie his unreasonable desires he was of a depraved mind and of an ill turned mischievous temper those wicked inclinations made him most ungratefully conspire against Caesar who had made him Consul against the received rule without being a Senatour but Salvidienus was punished for this Treason as he deserved and so his Death was as infamous as his Birth He had now repassed the Alps and was marching to join Caesar in spight of Ventidius and Pollio who were at the heels of him with their Armies As this joining was a matter of very great importance Lucius chiefly strove to hinder it and Salvidienus had been utterly lost if Agrippa had not advanced between Lucius and him and attacked the Town of Sutrium which he carried by storm This Town had shewed it self very affectionate to Lucius and the danger it was in moved him to turn head and relieve it which gave Salvidienus opportunity to join Agrippa and so they made themselves Masters of the Passes and Defiles through which the Armies of Ventidius and Pollio were to march and Lucius not being strong enough to oppose them retreated into Perusia and there expected his Generals Caesar having news of this strait made thither and rallied Agrippa and Salvidienus to besiege Lucius in that place It is seated in that Countrey which was formerly called Hetruria and now belongs to the Ecclesiastical Dominion it was strongly situated as being built upon a Hill which made Lucius hope Caesar would ruine his Army by this Siege he then dispatched Manius to Pollio and Ventidius to oblige them to come to his relief and at the same time sent out Trissinius with 4000 Horse to ravage those Towns that were for Caesar. Pollio and Ventidius were none of the best Friends for each of them would have commanded in chief neither being willing to submit to his equal Besides too they were not certain what sentiments Anthony would have upon this occasion of this War by reason Lucius had openly declared himself an enemy of the Triumvirate As for Fulvia she was always governed by her own passion she had raised Forces under the command of Plancus and by her Letters never ceased pressing Pollio Ventidius Ateius and Calenus to succour their General 's Brother But there hapned a disgrace to her that mortified her extremely for as she was going to Rome to manage some new Broil she met with a Legion of Caesar's who charged her Convoy that guarded her defeated it and took all her equipage At length Pollio and Ventidius took a resolution to advance towards Perusia in two distinct Bodies Caesar having intelligence of their motion with Agrippa marched against them hindred their joining with Plancus and forced Ventidius into Ariminum now Rimini and Pollio into Ravenna or according to Velleius into that Isle where Venice now is and Plancus into Pollentia and leaving sufficient Forces to maintain the several Blocades he returned to his Siege CHAP. VIII The Siege of Perusia Caesar in danger The extreme misery of the besieged AS Caesar could not pretend to force so great an Army in a place of that importance so neither would he make a formal Siege of it but resolved to reduce it by Famine to this end he drew about it a Line of contravallation of fifty six stadiums in compass and withall carried two Trenches to the River Tibur to hinder any attempt or relief of the Enemies on that side this Line he strengthened with a Rampart flanked with Towers at equal distances and at his return he sunk the Trenches thirty Foot deep and covered it with a Wall upon which he placed wooden Towers 1500 in number distant one from the other sixty Foot and these were all fortified with great Beams and filled with Archers and Slingers and all sorts of offensive Engines The besieged strove to hinder these Works by frequent and fierce Sallies and Lucius having abundance of Gladiators with him had always the better of it when they came to ' handy-blows but then Caesar's Men had the advantage of them by their Artillery and missive Weapons at which they were very expert It