[13.2] After the battle, Pyrrhus inspected the bodies of the Romans that had fallen during the fight and noticed that they were all directed against their enemy. Pillaging the country, he proceeded to the city of Rome.

[13.3] The Senate sent Gaius Fabricius to Pyrrhus to negotiate the return of the prisoners-of-war. In vain, the king tried to persuade him to abandon his country.

[13.4] The prisoners were released without payment. 

[13.5] Pyrrhus' deputy Cineas was sent to the Senate to organize the king's entrance into the city to negotiate a peace treaty.

[13.6] It was decided to discuss this matter with all senators, but Appius Claudius (who had not visited the deliberations for a long time because he suffered from an eye disease) came to the Senate and persuaded the senators with his speech not to give up.

From Book 13

[13.1] Consul [Publius] Valerius Lavinius unsuccessfully fought against Pyrrhus, especially because the soldiers were not used to the elephants and were terrified.

[13.7] Gnaeus Domitius, the first plebeian censor, celebrated the lustrum ceremony.

[13.8] 287,222 citizens were registered.

[13.9] [279] For the second time, the Romans fought unsuccessfully against Pyrrhus.

[13.10] [278] The treaty with Carthage was renewed for the fourth time.

[13.11] When consul Gaius Fabricius heard from someone who had fled from Pyrrhus, that he could poison the king, he sent him back to the king with a report of what he had done.

[13.12] It^note[Book 13.] also contains an account of the successful wars against the Lucanians, Bruttians, Samnites, and Etruscans.