Barros, Joao de (the Livy of Portugal)

Portuguese Livy, one of the first great Portuguese historians

1522 -  Awarded de Barros the captaincy of the fortress of St George of Elmina.

1525-1528 - He obtained the post of treasurer of the India House.

1530 -  Barros back to Lisbon to his country house near Pombal, and there he finished a moral dialogue, Rho pica Pneuma.

1532 - The king appointed de Barros factor of the India and Mina House.

1540 - He published a Portuguese grammar and some further moral Dialogues.

1552 - The first of the Décadas da Ásia ("Decades of Asia") appeared.

1570 - De Barros retired from his remunerative appointment at the India House, receiving the rank of Fidalgo.

1570 -  João de Barros died on 20th of October.