The Roman history of Lucius J. Florus made English beginning with the life and reign of Romulus, the first King of the Romans : and divided into four books.

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The Roman history of Lucius J. Florus made English beginning with the life and reign of Romulus, the first King of the Romans : and divided into four books.
Author
Florus, Lucius Annaeus.
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London :: Printed by T.J. for Samuel Speed,
1669.
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Rome -- History -- Republic, 510-30 B.C.
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"The Roman history of Lucius J. Florus made English beginning with the life and reign of Romulus, the first King of the Romans : and divided into four books." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A39834.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024.

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CHAP. XIII.

The Illyrians are vanquish'd by the Praetor Ani∣cius; Scodra, the chief City of their Country, layd desolate.

THe contagion of the Macedonian war drew [ 576] in the Illyrians. They were Mercenaries under King Perses, and should have fallen on the rear of the Romans. They are without any trouble subdu'd by the Pro-praetor Anicius. It

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was thought sufficient, to lay Scodra, chief City of the Nation, level with the ground. Whereupon there ensu'd an absolute surrender of themselves to bondage. In fine, this war was at an end, before it was known at Rome that it was engag'd in.

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