Appius Claudius de Afris against them in Sicily, and Apet rege Siciliæ Hierone tri- pius Claudius triumphed for his umphavit. conquest of the Africans, and Hiero King of Sicily.

19. Insequente anno, Va- 19. In the following year, lerio Marco et Octacilio when Valerius Marcus and Occonsulibus, in Sicilia a Ro- tacilius were Consuls,great things manis res magnæ gestæ were performed by the Romans sunt. Taurominitani, Ca- in Sicily. The Taurominitani, tanenses, et præterea quin- Catanenses, and 50 cities besides quaginta civitates in fidem were taken in upon promise of acceptæ sunt. Tertio anno good quarter. In the 3d year. in Sicilia contra Hieronem war was levied against Hiero in bellum paratum est. Is Sicily. He with all the nobility cum omnia nobilitate Syra- of the Syracusans obtained a peace cusanorum pacem pacem a Ro- from the Romans, and gave them manis impetravit, deditque two hundred talents of silver. argenti talenta ducenta. The Africans in Sicily were conAfri in Sicilia victi sunt, et quered, and there was a triumph de his secundo Romæ tri- a second time at Rome upon their umphatum est.

account.

20. Quinto anno belli 20. In the 5th year of the Punici, quod contra Afros Punick war, which was carried gerebatur, primum Romani, on against the Africans, the RoC. Duilio et Cn. Cornelio mans first fought by sea, when Asino consulibus, in mari C. Duilius, and Cn. Cornelius dimicaverunt, paratis navi- Asinus were Consuls, providing bus rostratis, quas Liburnas for the purpose ships with Rosvocant. Consul Cornelius tra, which they called Liburnian. fraude deceptus est. Duili- The Consul Cornelius was treus, commisso prælio, Car- panned by treachery. Duilius thaginensium ducem vicit, giving the enemy battle, defeated xxxi. naves cepit xiv. mer- the general of the Carthaginians, sit, viii. millia hostium took 31 ships, sunk fourteen, took cepit i millia occidit: eight thousand of the enemies, and neque ulla victoria Ro- killed 3000; nor was any victomanis gratior fuit, quod ry more acceptable to the Romans, invicti terra, jam etiam because being invincible by land, mari plurimum possent. they were now very powerful C. Aquillio Floro, L. Sci- too by sea. C. Aquilius Florus, pione consulibus, Scipio Cor- and L. Scipio being Consuls

sicam et Sardiniam vastavit, Scipio wasted Corsica and Sardimulta millia inde captivorum nia, carriedoff many thousand priabduxit, triumphum egit. soners from thence, and had a tri

21. Lucio Manlio Volsone

umph.

21. L. Manlius Volso, and M. Attilio consulibus, bel- M. Attilius being Consuls, the lum in Africam translatum w carried into Africa, est contra Hamilcarem Car- against Hamilcar the general of thaginensium ducem in the Carthaginians; a battle was mari pugnatum, victusque fought at sea, and he was conest. Nam perditis lxiv. na- quered. For losing 64 ships he vibus retro se recepit: Ro- steered off the Romans lost 23 ; mani xxiii. amiserunt; sed but after they had passed over into cum in Africam transissent, Africa, they first of all took Clyprimum Clypeam Africæ pea, a city of Africa, upon surcivitatem in deditionem ac- render. The Consuls advanced ceperunt. Consules usque ad up to Carthage, and having laid Carthaginem processerunt, waste many towns, Manlius remultisque vastatis oppidis turned victorious to Rome; and Manlius victor Romam re- brought off twenty-seven thousand diit, et xxvii. millia capti- prisoners. Attilius Regulus revorum reduxit. Attilius mained in Africa. He drew up Regulus in Africa remansit. his army against the Africans, Is contra Afros aciem in- and engaging with 3 generals of struxit, contra tres Cartha- the Carthaginians, was conquerginensium duces dimicans, or. He slew eighteen thousand victor fuit: xviii. millia ho- of the enemies, took five thousand stium cecidit, quinque mil- with 8 elephants, and received lia cum viii. elephantibus ce- 74 cities upon promise of quarter. pit, lxxiv. civitates in fidem Then the conquered Carthaginians accepit. Tum victi Cartha- begged peace of the Romans; ginenses pacem a Romanis which when Regulus would not petierunt: quam cum Re- grant them but upon very hard gulus nollet nisi durissimis terms, the Africans begged assistconditionibus dare, Afri ance of the Lacedemonians; auxilium a Lacedæmoniis by the general Xantippus, whe petierunt : et duce Xantip- was sent them by the Lacedemonipo, qui a Lacedæmoniis ans, the general of the Romans, missus fuerat, Romanorum Regulus was defeated with produx Regulus victus est ul- digious slaughter: for there were tima pernicie : nam duo only two thousand men left of all

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omni Romano exercitu re- with the commander Regulus manserunt : xv. millia cum were taken, thirty thousand slain, imperatore Regulo capta Regulus himself clapt in chains. sunt,xxx. millia occisa,Regu

lus ipse in catenas conjectus. 22. M. Æmilio Paulo,

Serv. Fulvio Nobiliore con- 22. When M. Æmilius sulibus, ambo consules Ro- Paulus and S. Fulvius Nobilior mani Africam profecti sunt, were Consuls, both the Roman cum trecentarum navium Consuls went to Africa,they make classe Clypeam petunt,et con- for Clypea with a fleet of 300 tra Carthaginenses venerunt. ships, and proceeded against the Primum Afros navali certa- Carthaginians. They first defeat. mine superant. Emilius the Africans in a sea-fight. The Consul centum et quatuor Consul Æmilius sunk 104 ship naves hostium demersit tri- of the enemies, took 30 with the ginta cum pugnatoribus ce- soldiers on board, either slew or pit, quindecim millia hostium took 15 thousand of the enemies, aut occidit, autcepit, militem and enriched his soldiers with asuum ingenti præda ditavit; bundance of plunder. And A et subacta Africa tum fuis rica would have been then subdu set, nisi tanta fames fuisset ed, if there had not been so great a ut diutius expectare exer- famine, that the army could not citus non posset. Consules stay any longer. The Consuls recum victrici classe redeuntes, turning with the victorious fleet, circa Siciliam naufragium suffered shipwreck about Sicily. passi sunt et tanta tempes- And so great was the tempest, tas fuit, ut ex quadrigentis that of 464 ships, scarce fourscore sexaginta quatuor navibus could be saved: nor was ever so octoginta servari vix potue- great a tempest at sea heard of at rint neque ullo tempore any time. Yet the Romans imtanta maritimi tempestas au- mediately built 300 new ships, Romani tamen nor was their courage broken in trecentas naves repa- any respect.

dita

Faverunt neq; in aliquo animus his infractus fuit.

23. The Consuls Cnæus Ser

23. Cnæus Servilius Cæpio et C. Sempronius Blæ- vilius Cæpio, and C. Sempronius sus consules cum ducentis Blass, went to Africa with 260 sexaginta navibus ad Afri- ships, and took some cities; and

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. Cacilius Me

lo, C. Furio Pacello Consul- tellus, and C. Furius Pacellus ibus, Metellus in Sicilia Afro- were Consuls, 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 tationem captivorum faceret. exchange of prisoners.

26. 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 made nim, fractos tot casibus, with the Carthaginians for that

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 Egypt, 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 net accept their assistance; for fuerat pugna transacta. Eo- now the war was ended. At 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.

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 en

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