The Romane historie vvritten by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke

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The Romane historie vvritten by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke
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Livy.
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London :: Printed by Adam Islip,
1600.
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"The Romane historie vvritten by T. Livius of Padua. Also, the Breviaries of L. Florus: with a chronologie to the whole historie: and the Topographie of Rome in old time. Translated out of Latine into English, by Philemon Holland, Doctor in Physicke." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A06128.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 13, 2024.

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Of the XCVI. booke.

OVintus Arrius the Pretour defeated and slew Chrysus the captaine of the fugitives, and with him twentie thousand men. Caius Lentulus the Consull received a foile and overthrow at the hands of Spartacus. Hee also overcame in fight Lu. Gellius the Consull and Quintus Arrius. Sertorius was at a banket slaine by Manius Antonius and M. Perpenna with other conspirators in the

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eight yeer of his dukedome. A captain and brave warrior he was. He fought with Pompeius and Metel∣lus, two famous Generals and commaunders. Many a time he saved his owne, but more oftener hee went away winner, howbeit, in the end he was abandoned and betraied. The soveraigne commaund of that side was made over to Marcus [Perpenna,] whom Cn. Pompeius vanquished tooke prisoner and slew: so about the tenth yeere after the warre began, he recovered Spaine. C. Cassius the Proconsull, and Cneus Manlius the Pretor, were foiled by Spartacus in the field, and that war was committed over to the ma∣naging and conduct of M. Crassus the Pretour.

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