Chapter 18

The[187]twelve[188]nations of the Tuscans,[189]rising for the[190]utter ruin[191]of the Roman name in the year of the city 442, were[192]routed in a great[193]battle by Fabius the[194]consul, in the[195]year 444, in which were[196]slain, or[197]taken of the[198]enemy, to the[199]number of 60,000.

In the year 472, the[200]Tarentines,[201]brought the[202]Romans against them[203]by plundering their[204]fleet, and[205]assailing their[206]ambassadors, who[207]came to[208]complain of the[209]injury. They,[210]together with the[211]Samnites, and[212]Salentines, were[213]defeated by L.[214]Æmilius Barbula.[215]Terrified at this[216]ill fortune, they[217]sent for[218]Pyrrhus to their[219]assistance; who, in the year of the city 474, having[220]brought over an[221]army into[222]Italy,[223]waged against the Romans[224]a war which[225]lasted six years. In the[226]first[227]encounter the Romans,[228]headed by[229]Lævinus, being[230]conquered, not so much by the[231]strength of the[232]enemy, as by the[233]strange[234]shape of the[235]elephants,[236]yielded up the[237]day: Pyrrhus[238]dismissed all the[239]prisoners[240]without[241]ransom.[242]Soon after, having[243]made some[244]fruitless[245]overtures of[246]peace by his[247]ambassador[248]Cyneas ([249]for[250]Appius Claudius[251]obstructed it), he[252]engaged the Romans[253]twice: the[254]victory[255]both times being[256]dubious. He was[257]then[258]invited by the[259]Syracusans[260]into Sicily against[261]the Carthaginians;[262]where[263]matters[264]not succeeding[265]according to his[266]desires, he[267]returned into[268]Italy in the year 479; and being[269]defeated,[270]forced out of his[271]camp, and[272]beaten from[273]Tarentum, he returned into[274]Epirus.

[1]distrúggere

[2]idea

[3]abbandonáre

[4]traslocarsi

[5]Vej

[6]dissuáso

[7]diségno

[8]Camíllo

[9]mentre

[10]Marco Mánlio

[11]ottenere

[12]cognóme

[13]Capitolíno

[14]nóbile

[15]difésa

[16]campidóglio

[17]cercáre

[18]ambizione

[19]popoláre

[20]favóre

[21]impadronírsi

[22]suprémo

[23]potére

[24]precipitáto

[25]rocca Tarpéa

[26]diféndere

[27]grande

[28]contésa

[29]fra

[30]nobiltà

[31]popolo

[32]C. Licínio Stolone

[33]L. Séstio

[34]tribúno

[35]popolo

[36]propórre

[37]legge

[38]scegliere

[39]cónsole

[40]d’infra’l popolo

[41]riuscíre

[42]seguénte

[43]L. Séstio fu eletto cónsole

[44]dopo

[45]guerra

[46]Tibúrti

[47]Tarquiniési

[48]Falísci

[49]Gálli

[50]méttersi

[51]órdine

[52]battáglia

[53]mandáre

[54]disfída

[55]uccídere

[56]certo M. Valério

[57]tribúno

[58]soldato

[59]assisténza

[60]corvo

[61]da ció

[62]cognóme

[63]Corvíno

[64]ma

[65]guerra

[66]gravóso

[67]lunga

[68]contro

[69]Sanníti

[70]intrapréndere

[71]richiésta

[72]Campáni

[73]duráre

[74]settánta

[75]benchè

[76]spesse volte

[77]battúto

[78]Latíno

[79]préndere l’armi

[80]contro

[81]vincere

[82]cónsoli Torquáto e Decio

[83]primo

[84]decapitáre

[85]figliuólo

[86]aver combáttuto

[87]senza

[88]órdine

[89]altro

[90]consacrársi

[91]morte

[92]armáta

[93]nemíco

[94]sottomettérsi

[95]poco dopo

[96]ribelláre

[97]alla fine

[98]affátto

[99]ridótto

[100]incírca

[101]Galli

[102]fare

[103]pace

[104]mantenere

[105]trenta

[106]Cisalpíno

[107]assieme con

[108]Transalpíno

[109]Galli

[110]Toscáni

[111]dare il guasto a

[112]Románo

[113]território

[114]ritornáre

[115]casa

[116]carico

[117]spóglia

[118]contendere

[119]quattro

[120]unírsi

[121]Sanníti

[122]Toscáni

[123]assalíre

[124]armáta

[125]comandáre

[126]L. Scipióne

[127]propretóre

[128]battáglia

[129]P. Decio

[130]cónsole

[131]sacrificò se stesso

[132]diéci

[133]Galli Senoni

[134]invitáto

[135]Lucáni

[136]Bruzi

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