The History of Rome, Books IX–XXVI · 1850
Book XII (Epitome)
Translated by D. Spillan and Cyrus R. Edmonds (1849-50)
The Senonian Gauls having slain the Roman ambassadors, war is declared against them: they cut off L. Caecilius, praetor, with the legions under his command, The Roman fleet plundered by the Tarentines, and the commander slain: ambassadors, sent to complain of this outrage, are ill-treated and sent back; whereupon war is declared against them. The Samnites revolt; against whom, together with the Lucanians, Bruttians, and Etruscans, several unsuccessful battles are fought by different generals. Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, comes into Italy, to succour the Tarentines. A Campanian legion, sent, under the command of Decius Jubellius, to garrison Rhegium, murder the inhabitants, and seize the city.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Livy. The History of Rome, Books IX–XXVI, Book XII (Epitome). Translated by D. Spillan and Cyrus R. Edmonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/livy-history-of-rome-spillan-2/3/.
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Livy. The History of Rome, Books IX–XXVI, Book XII (Epitome). Translated by D. Spillan and Cyrus R. Edmonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/work/livy-history-of-rome-spillan-2/3/.