(1) Ad Macedoniam missus est Ap. Claudius post cōnsulātum. Levia proelia habuit contrā variās gentēs, quae Rhodopam prōvinciam incolēbant, atque ibi morbō mortuus est.
(2) Missus eī successor C. Scrībōnius Cūriō post cōnsulātum. Is Dardanōs vīcit et ūsque ad Dānuvium penetrāvit triumphumque meruit et intrā triennium bellō fīnem dedit.
notes
Wars in Macedonia and against the Dardani (78–75 BCE)
Livy, Epitome 91–92. Orosius, Histories against the Pagans 5.23.
(1) Ap. Claudius: Ap. Claudius Pulcher was sent to Macedonia in 78 BCE as proconsul (Bird). Not to be confused with the famous Appius Claudius who built the first Roman aqueduct or the famous Appius Claudius during the reign of Julius Caesar.
Levia proelia: "skirmishes" (Hazzard)
Rhodopam prōvinciam: Rhodopa is a small division of Thrace (Hazzard)
(2) C. Scrībōnius Cūriō: In 75 BCE Curio was sent as proconsul to Macedonia and defeated the Dardanians (Bird).
ūsque ad Dānuvium: the Danube River
triumphumque: for more information on triumphs, see triumphs
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
| Macedonia, ae, f. |
an extensive country north of Greece, between Thessaly and Thrace |
| Appius, ī, m. (abbr. Ap.) |
a praenomen especially common in the Claudian gens |
| Claudius, ī, m. |
the name of one of the oldest and most famous of the Roman gentes. (1.) Claudius I. Tib. Claudius Drusus Nero, Roman emperor, 41–54 A.D.; (2) Claudius II., M. Aurelius Claudius Gothicus, Roman emperor, 268–270 A.D. |
| cōnsulātus, ūs [cōnsul], m. | consulate, consulship |
| Rhodopa, ae, f. | a lofty mountain in Thrace |
| incolō, ere, uī | to dwell, settle, inhabit |
| successor, ōris [succēdō], m. | a follower, successor |
| C. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Gaius |
| Scrībonius, ī, m. | C. Scrībōnius, consul 76 B.C. |
| Cūriō, ōnis, m. | C. Scrībōnius, consul 76 B.C. |
| cōnsulātus, ūs [cōnsul], m. | consulate, consulship |
| Dardanī, ōrum, pl. m. | a people of Upper Moesia |
| Dānuvius, ī, m. | the Danube river |
| penetrō, āre, āvī, ātus [penitus] | to enter, penetrate |
| triumphus, ī, m. |
a triumph, a splendid procession in which the victorious general entered the city accompanied by his soldiers and the spoil and captives he had taken. The procession passed around the Capitoline Hill into the Via Sacra, then into the Forum, and up to the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus. |
| triennium, ī [trēs + annus], n. |
the space of three years, three years |