(1) Īsdem temporibus cōnsul M. Aemilius Lepidus Catulī collēga bellum cīvīle voluit commovēre; intrā ūnam tamen aestātem mōtus eius oppressus est.
(2) Ita ūnō tempore multī simul triumphī fuērunt: Metellī ex Hispāniā, Pompeiī secundus ex Hispāniā, Cūriōnis ex Macedoniā, Servīlīī ex Isauriā.
notes
Lepidus attempts to repeal Sulla's settlement (78 BCE)
Livy, Epitome 90. Appian, Civil Wars 1.13.107. Plutarch, Pompey 16.
(1) M. Aemilius Lepidus: in 78 BCE Lepidus attempted to repeal Sulla's settlement. He was driven from Italy by Catulus and Pompey and died in Sardinia the following year (Bird).
(2) Metellī: Genitive, depending on triumphus supplied from triumphī above (Hazzard)
ex Hispāniā: for Metellus and Pompey's war, see Brev. 6.1, above
Cūriōnis ex Macedoniā: for Curio's war in Macedonia, see Brev. 6.2, above
Servīlīī ex Isauriā: for Servilius' war in Cilicia, see Brev. 6.3, above
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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M. |
M., abbreviation of the praenomen Marcus; M'., abbreviation of the praenomen Manius |
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Aemilius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens; Lūcius Aemilius, consul 224 B.C.; Mārcus Aemilius (Mamercus), dictator |
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Lepidus, ī, m. |
M. Aemilius Lepidus, a member of the Second Triumvirate, consul 46 B.C. |
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Catulus, ī, m. |
a family name at Rome. (1) C. Lutātius Catulus, consul 242 B.C.; (2) Q. Lutātius (Catulus), consul 241 B.C.; (3) Q. Lutātius Catulus, consul 202 B.C.; (4) Q. (Lutātius) Catulus, consul 78 B.C. |
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collega -ae m. |
colleague, fellow, associate |
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cīvīlis, e [cīvis], adj. |
pertaining to a citizen; civil; polite, moderate |
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commoveō, ēre, mōvī, mōtus |
to arouse, disturb, move, influence |
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aestās, ātis, f. |
summer |
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mōtus, ūs [moveō], m. |
motion, disturbance, revolt |
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opprimō, ere, pressī, pressus |
to crush utterly, overpower, overwhelm |
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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. |
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Metellus, ī, m. |
(1) C. Caecilius Metellus, consul 113 B.C.; (2) L. Caecilius Metellus, consul 251 B.C.; (3) L. Caecilius Metellus, consul 123 B.C.; (4) (Q. Caecilius) Metellus Macedonicus, consul 143 B.C.; (5) Q. Caecilius Metellus (Numidicus), consul 109 B.C.; (6) Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus, consul 69 B.C.; (7) L. (Caecilius) Metellus, carried on war against Mithradates; (8) M. (Caecilius) Metellus |
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Hispānia, ae, f. |
Spain (including Portugal). It was divided into two provinces, Hispania Citerior and Ulterior; hence the pl. Hispaniae. |
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Pompēius, ī, m. |
(1) Cn. Pompēius, consul 89 B.C.; (2) Cn. Pompēius, surnamed Magnus, the triumvir, consul 70 B.C.; (3) Cn. Pompēius, son of the triumvir; (4) Q. Pompēius, consul 141 B.C.; (5) Sex. Pompēius, younger son of the triumvir |
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Hispānia, ae, f. |
Spain (including Portugal). It was divided into two provinces, Hispania Citerior and Ulterior; hence the pl. Hispaniae. |
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Cūriō, ōnis, m. |
C. Scrībōnius, consul 76 B.C. |
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Macedonia, ae, f. |
an extensive country north of Greece, between Thessaly and Thrace |
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Servīlius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens, e.g. Q. Servīlius, consul 365 B.C. |
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Isauria, ae, f. |
a country of Asia Minor |