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Fourth Narrative In Ancient Rome

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Fourth Narrative I am standing in the streets of Rome and everyone is outside ready for the triumph to begin. I am having to stand in a pretty horrible spot to view the general ride in, but what else should I expect being just a pleb. People were ecstatic, relieved, and so happy. There is a sense of sadness due to so many lives being lost. I have a lot of sadness and anger lingering inside due to the numbers of plebs that had to die in this war; I am very lucky to still be alive. Apart from this sorrow, people were ecstatic, relieved, and so happy quietly on the inside. The war was finally over, we had finally defeated Pyrrhus of Epirus. The time was finally here, the general was riding in. Publius Valerius Laevinus rode in on his four-horse …show more content…

People cheered as he rode by going to Jupiter’s Temple on Capitoline Hill to offer sacrifice and tokens of his victory to our god. This was key to the Romans and the general to ensure that nothing was taken for granted. Even though Publius Valerius Laevinus is a successful and powerful general, he is still a mortal human who conducts himself with dignified humility. This victory has led to the increase in Rome’s power, population, and territory. This came with a cost though. Pyrrhus of Eprirus was a very powerful leader who led a powerful army. He managed to win the Battle of Heraclea, and Battle of Asculum. We managed to come out on top at the Battle of Beneventum. At the first battle we were blindsided with Pyrrhus’ special weapon; Elephants! Those big bastards were scary as hell! We had no idea what to do, so they first drove our cavalry out and as well pushed our infantry back, stirring us all up. The Pyrrhic forces began advancing. We struck a miracle which saved us all. A wounded elephant caused others to panic and it threatened the Pyrrhic forces. After this happened, Pyrrhus decided to call off the further push and retreated as he couldn’t lose any more of his own. Pyrrhus still ended up winning this battle. Sadly, we lost anywhere between 7,000 and 15,000 men. At the Battle of Asculum we lost around 6,000 due to the power of Pyrrhus and his forces. He still utilized his giant and scary elephants but our general was smart and utilized the terrain to our advantage against them. This wasn’t enough and we still lost the

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