Sabines 17, 51, 112, 123
Samnite Wars 12, 15, 26, 29, 42, 51, 57, 70
Samnites 3, 9, 11, 12, 15–16, 17–18, 19, 42, 43, 45, 82, 90, 123; Ausculum, Battle of (summer 279 BCE) 51, 53; conflict and competition before Pyrrhus 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32–3; diplomatic negotiations (280/279 BCE) 63, 66, 67, 68, 75, 76, 77; end of war, involvement in 106, 107–8, 112, 114, 115, 116, 118; Latium campaign (late summer 280 BCE) 47–8, 49, 50; rebeliousness of 127
Saturnalia festival in Rome 65, 78
Second Punic War (218-202 BCE) 3; brutal campaign of Hannibal in 19; definition of Italy as Roman space, role in 19; parallels with events of Pyrrhic War 126–7
Second Samnite War 15
Segesta 24, 91
Seleucus 74
Selinus 91
Sempronius Sophus, Publius 18
Sentinum, Battle of (295 BCE) 5, 18, 26, 48, 51, 52–3, 106
Severus, Septimius 15
Sicily: affairs in, outbreak of Pyrrhic War and 23–6; authority of Pyrrhus in, collapse of (276 BCE) 98–9; campaign in (277 BCE) 90–96; Carthaginian control in Sicily following death of Agathocles 75; Carthaginians, involvement in 82–3, 84–8, 88–90, 91, 93–4, 95, 96, 97, 98–9; complexities of situation in, Pyrrhus’ failure to understand 98–9; consolidation of authority of Pyrrhus in (276 BCE) 96–7; death of Agathocles (289 BDE) and return of turmoil in Syracuse 82–3; domination by Pyrrhus of Epirus of 85–8; Italiote Greeks, involvement in 82, 83, 88, 90, 98; opportunities of united Sicily, Pyrrhus’ failure to grasp 97, 99; Plutarch on Pyrrhus’ campaign in (277 BCE) 92, 93–4, 95; political division in Sicily, problems for Agathocles in 24; Pyrrhus’ attention shift to the island of (278 BCE) 82; Pyrrhus’ campaign in (277 BCE) 90–96; Sicilian Greeks, conspiracies among, development of 97; tyranny in Sicily following death of Agathocles 82–3
Silius Italicus 17
Sosistratos of Syracuse 83, 85, 86, 88, 91, 97–8
Sulpicius Saverrio, Publius 50, 51, 55
Taras (Tarentum) 1, 12, 42, 43, 50, 84, 87–8, 97, 124, 126; conflict and competition before Pyrrhus 22, 32–5, 37, 38; diplomatic negotiations (280/279 BCE) 62, 63–4, 66, 74–5; end of war, involvement in 105, 107, 108–9, 110, 111, 113, 116–17, 118–19; political machinations at 28; Rome and, relationship between 28–31; siege of (272 BCE) 104
Tarentines 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 17, 83, 87–8, 123, 126–7, 128; conflict and competition before Pyrrhus 22, 25, 28–35, 36, 38; diplomatic negotiations (280 and 279 BCE) 63, 66–7, 68, 74–5, 76, 78; military campaigns (280 and 279 BCE) 42, 43, 44, 47, 50, 51, 53, 57; Pyrrhus’ relationship with, garrison in Taras and 105, 106, 110, 111–12, 116–17, 118, 119; rebelliousness of 127; villainy (and folly) of 16–17, 22
Theonon of Syracuse 83, 85, 88, 97
Third Samnite War 26, 29, 42, 51
Thurii 31–2, 33, 34, 42–3, 47, 49, 63, 103, 104, 117; Lucanian attacks on 27–8, 29, 31
Timaeus 7; early campaigns, perspective on 56
Timoleon 23, 83, 85
Tullius Cicero, Marcus 52, 57, 106
Tyndarion of Tauromenium 85, 91
Umbrians 17, 30, 48, 51
Valerius Antius 16
Valerius Laevinius, Publius 42, 44–5, 48, 49, 50, 62–3, 78
Valerius Maximus 8
Valerius Publicola, Publius 77
Varro Terentius, Gaius 49
Veseris, Battle of (340 BCE) 5, 47, 52–3
Virgil 4
Volscinians 17, 51, 123
Xerxes 45, 54
Zeus 47, 86, 116–17
Zonaras 62, 64, 66, 77, 126; Ausculum, treatment of battle by 54; Decuis’ survival at Ausclum, indication of 52; diplomacy in 279, on situation of 72–3; early campaigns, perspective on 55–6; end of war, narratives concerning 105, 106–7, 109, 110, 111–12, 114, 118, 119; Laevinius and Pyrrhus in Campania, description of 48; negative attributes of Pyrrhus, emphasis on 16; Siris River, on Roman crossing of 45; survival of writings of 8
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