A righte noble and pleasant history of the successors of Alexander surnamed the Great, taken out of Diodorus Siculus: and some of their lives written by the wise Plutarch. Translated out of French into Englysh. by Thomas Stocker

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Title: A righte noble and pleasant history of the successors of Alexander surnamed the Great, taken out of Diodorus Siculus: and some of their lives written by the wise Plutarch. Translated out of French into Englysh. by Thomas Stocker
Author: Diodorus, Siculus.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: By Henrie Bynneman, dwelling in Knightrider streat at the signe of the Mermayd, for Humfrie Toy,; Anno Domini. 1569.
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Subject terms: Demetrius -- I, -- Poliorcetes, King of Macedonia, 336-283 B.C.; Macedonia -- History -- Diadochi, 323-276 B.C. -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ Of two victories which the Romaines wonne a∣gainst the Samnites, wherby they took many of their Cities.

The .iij. Chapter.

IN this season the Romaine Consuls being come with their armie into the coūtrey of Puille, wanne a battaill against the Samnites, aboute a place called Talie:* 1.1 who retired into a mountayne there by, called by the inhabi∣taunts, the holy hil: so that the Romaines could not pur∣sue them that daye bycause night drew on, and therfore returned to their campe. But the next daye in the mor∣ning they ioyned battaill, where a numbre of Samnites were slaine, and aboue two thousande taken prisoners. Through which victorie the Consuls kept the fields and tooke the Cities and Townes against them. Amongs which by force were taken Cataraste, and Carauille, and certen other by treatie and practise.* 1.2 And thus muche touching the matters of Italie.* 1.3

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* 1.1

Talie.

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* 1.2

Cataraste.

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* 1.3

Carauille.

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