FLORUS, I. xviii. 9-13. [Linenotes: 11-12. +Lucaniae ... campis.+ The Battle was fought near Beneventum (orig. +Male-+_ventum_, perhaps from _male + ventus_ on account of its unwholesome air) in Samnium on the Via Appia, E. of Capua. 15-16. +unum ex his ... avertit+ = _the heavy stroke of a weapon driven home_ (+adacti+) _into the head of a young elephant_ (+pullum+) _made it turn aside_. 19. +gravi mole+ = _with her unwieldy bulk_.] +The Battle of Asculum.+ It is clear that Pyrrhus was again victorious, but the Romans were able to retire into their fortified camp, and so lost fewer men than at Heraclea. +The Battle of Beneventum.+ Pyrrhus, in his attempt to storm the entrenched camp of Curius Dentatus, was obliged to fight on unfavourable ground. The result was a total defeat, and no choice was left him but to give up the unequal contest. D45 THE WAR WITH THE TARENTINES AND PYRRHUS. (5) _Death of Pyrrhus, 272 B.C._ _In praise of a great General._ Repulsus ab Spartanis Pyrrhus Argos petit: ibi, dum Antigonum in urbe clausum expugnare conatur, inter confertissimos violentissime dimicans, saxo de muris ictus occiditur. Caput eius Antigono refertur, qui victoria mitius usus filium eius Helenum {5} cum Epirotis sibi deditum in regnum remisit, eique insepulti patris ossa in patriam referenda tradidit. Satis constans inter omnes auctores fama est, nullum nec eius nec superioris aetatis regem comparandum Pyrrho fuisse, raroque non inter reges {10} tantum, verum etiam inter illustres viros, aut vitae sanctioris aut iustitiae probatioris visum fuisse: scientiam certe rei militaris in illo viro tantam fuisse, ut cum adversus Lysimachum, Demetrium, Antigonum, tantos reges, bella gesserit, invictus {15} semper fuerit: Illyriorum quoque, Siculorum Romanorumque et Carthaginiensium bellis numquam inferior, plerumque etiam victor exstiterit; qui patriam certe suam angustam ignobilemque fama rerum gestarum et claritate nominis sui toto orbe {20} illustrem reddiderit. JUSTINUS, xxv. 5.