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Excerpt from The Roman History From the Foundation of Rome to the Battle of Actium, Vol. 7: That Is, to the End of the Commonwealth Battle fought near Adagne/ia. The King's army is defeated and cut to pieces. The cities of Aa minor jitrrender to the Romans. An tiochus demands peace. Speech of his Ambait dors. Anfwer of Scipio Africanus. Conditions of peace impo/ed upon the Kin Eumenes fits out for Rome with the Ambahisrs. C otta gives the Senate and People of Rome an account of the vic tory gained over Antiochus Audience granted Antiochus's Ambafadors. Treaty of peace ratifi ed. Ten commfiioners appointed to regulate the af fairs of Aa. Principal conditions of the treaty. Naval triumph of Regillus. L. Scipio, on his return to Rome, is firnamed asiaticus, and has the honour of a triumph. The tongue/l introduces luxury into Rome. Reexions upon the condutt of the Romans in rejpec't to the Grecian Commonwealths, and of the Kings both of Europe and A/ia; and at the jhme time upon the relation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.