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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

Warre proclaimed agaīst 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 ● thousande and eyghte hundreth Romaines whome he entreated ve●ye honourablye and suche as were ●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 distāt 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 thē 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 demaūded 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 Thē 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 sēt 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 Pyrthꝰ 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 sēt 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 cōsuls triumphed ouer them About this tyme the Romains The cityes Ariminum Benenentū 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

time he eskaped and fled to Bizantiū which is now called Constantinople his captaynes Mithridates discomlyted were discomfited in battail vpon the sea Thus in one winter and a sommer space Lucullus slew on the kinges side wel nyghe an C. M. meu In the. Dc .lxxviii. yeare after y● buildinge of the citye of Rome Marcus Licinius Lucullus who was cosyn germayne to that Lucullus whyche warred agaynste Mithridates was deputed to haue the gouernment of Macedonie At thys time sodainly in Italye a freshe battayle was begon For why .lxxiiii. of those which were accustomed to play at wepons called Battayle a fresh in Italy Gladiatores brake forthe of the scholes at Capua and made to them selues Spartachus Chrisus Denomannus And as they roued throughe Italy they commenced battayle there no lesse daungerous then was that other whyche before Anniball waged there For when they had discomfited diuers Romain captaines and the two Cōsuls also they assembled an army well nigh of lx M men wel appoynted How be it they wer ouercome in Apulia by Marcus Licinius Crassus the Proconsull And so after sondrye calamities sustained in Italye this battayle was fiuyshed in the thirde yeare after that it was first begon In the yere after that the city was built .vi. C .lxxxi. there were but only two great battayles waged within the Romain Empire that is Two battels only waged against the Romains through the world to say the battail against Mithridates and the battaile against the Macedians both which battails the two Lucullies which is to wit Lucius Lucullus Marcus Lucullꝰ fought For Lucius Lucullus after he had finished the battail at Cizicꝰ in which he ouercame Mithridates and after the other battaile vppon the Sea in whiche he vanquished the captaines of Mithridates he pursued Mithridates hymselfe And when he hadde recouered Paphlagonia and Bithinia he inuaded Mithridates owne kingdome He wan there Sinopes and Anisus two of the mooste noble cityes of Pontus In the second battaile whych was waged at the citye Cabira Mithridates hadde prouided .xxx. M. menne Thyrty M. vanquyshed by .v. M. Romaynes whome he did chuse and picke forthe throughe all hys kingdome whyche when they were vanquished by v. M. of the Romaynes Mithridates fled Mithridates fled and hys tentes were sackt The lesse Armenia likewise whiche he hadde Armenia recouered gotten was recouered agayne from hym But Mithridates after he was thus fled was receiued by Tigranes kynge of Armenia who raygned at those dayes in great renowne This Tigranes oft times had subdued the Persians He wanne Mesopotamia Mithridates succoured by kyng Tigranes Siria and a piece of Phenicia Sone after Lucullꝰ required him to deliuer his ennemy whom he had put to slyght Whiche request when he withstode and denyed the deliuerye of Mithridates Lucullus forthewith inuaded kynge Tigranes hys realme and wanne there Tigra nocerta the chiefest citye of Armenia and hauinge but .xviii. M. souldiours to ayde him he gaue king Tigranes a passinge great ouerthrow which Tigranes came againste hym wyth vi M. men on barbed horsses and an huddreth thousande Archers besides other menne of armes He slewe the A great ouerthrow of kīg Tigranes greater parte of the Armenians and remouynge from thence to Nisibis looke that Citye also and the kinges brother in it But they whome Lucullus had left behinde in Pontus with parte of hys armye to the ende that they shoulde keepe vnder to the behoufe of the Romaynes suche people as he hadde all ready subdued there demeanyng them selues very rechlesly and with great cruelty gaue oportunity to Mithridates Battayle renued by Mithridates to inuade Poneus againe and so battayle was renued there a freshe Ther was one sent to succede Lucullusrwho after that he had won Nisibis made preparatyon for hys viage againste the Persians The other Lucullus who had the gouernmente of Macedonie was the fyrste Romain that waged battail against the Bessians whome he ouercame in a greate battaile vpon the hyll Emus Lucullus the fyrst Romain that waged battel against the Bessians Vscudama won He wā also Vscudama a town which the Bessians did inhabite the selfe same daye that he gaue the assault to it He toke in like maner the city Cabiles and marched stil forthe til he came to the riuer Danubius After that he inuaded diuers cityes Cabiles take Both the Lucullies triumphed whiche were siiuate vppon the Sea coast of Pontus There he destroyed Appollonia and wan Calatis Partenopolis Tomos Histrus and all Buzia And when those battails wer Battayle in Creete finished he retourned to Rome wher either of them triumphed But yet the Lucullus who had waged battail against Mithridates triumphed wyth greater glorye for that he retourned conqueror of such ample kingdoms After the battayle was finyshed in Macedonie the battayle agaynst Mithridates as yet endured which battail Mithridates renued assembling together all the power and force of men he coulde make after that Lucullus was nowe departed backe About this time began there also battayle in Creete Cecilius Metellus was sente thyther who after that he had fought great battailes ther with in the space of .iii. yeares he wan the whol prouince and for this fact was called Creticus He triumphed ouer Crete won by Metellus and he called Creticus that Ilande At this time also Libia was by the bequest of Appio kynge there of annexed to the Empire of the Libia anexed to the Romain empyre by Appio Romaines In which prouince these were the noblest Cities Beronice Ptoloneais and Cyrene Whyle these thynges were in hand Pirates began to anoy the passengers throughe those parties by sea So that the Romaines who hadde subdued well nyghe all the whole worlde wanted now nothing sauing that they hadde not now safe course and recourse by the seas where vppon that vyage against Battayle against the pirates committed to Cneus Pompeius those pirates was commytted to Cneue Pompeius who wythin a few monethes space finished it with great celerity and no lesse derteritye of fortune Not long after the same Pompeius was also designed to go agaynste Mithridates and Tigranes whyche viage when he had taken in hand he ouercame Mithridates in battayl by Mithridates ouercome in battayle by nyghte night in Armenia the lesse sackte his tentes He slewe there .xl. M. of the kinges army and lost of his own hoste but .xx. menne and two of his captaines After this euyll successe Mithridates fled being accompanied Mithridates fled but wyth his wyfe ii other to wait vpon them and eftsones in a tumult whyche fell amonge his souldioures through the procurement of his sōne Pharnaces he was forsed to deathe whiche he executed on him selfe by Mithridates poysoned himself drinckinge of poyson This ende had Mithridates he died at ●osphorus a manne verye polliticke and wittye wyth all He raaigued .lx. yeres he lyued three score and twelue yeres He Mithridates hysage and tyme