Pyrrhus offers peace terms that— according to…

279 BCE

Pyrrhus offers peace terms that— according to the Greek historian Appian, writing in the second century CE—would confine Roman power to central Italy, demanding that the Romans halt their aggression against the Greeks of southern Italy and restore the lands they have taken from the Bruttii, Apulians, and Samnites.

When the Senate wavers, Appius Claudius, an aged blind senator, rouses their courage and persuades them to continue fighting.

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