Home | Introduction | Persons | Geogr. | Sources | Events | Mijn blog(Nederlands) |
Religion | Subjects | Images | Queries | Links | Contact | Do not fly Iberia |
Notes | Translated by Rev. Canon Roberts Content of Book XII[283 - 281 BC] | Next chapter Return to index Previous chapter |
Contents of BOOK XII. 283 - 281 BC [283. BC] The Senonian Gauls having slain the Roman ambassadors, war is declared against them: they cut off Lucius Caecilius, praetor, with the legions under his command, [282 BC.] 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, the Bruttians, and Etruscans, several unsuccessful battles are fought by different generals. [281 BC.] Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, comes into Italy, to succour the Tarentines. A Campanian legion, sent, under the command of Decius Jubellius, to the garrison of Rhegium, murder the inhabitants, and seize the city. Events: War gainst the Senonian Gauls, War against Tarente, Revolt of the Samnites, Battles against the Lucanians, Battles against the Bruttians, Battles against the Etruscans, Rhegium plundered by the Capanian legion |