15. C. Fabiō Liciniō C. Claudiō Canīnā cōnsulibus, annō urbis conditae quadringentēsimō sexāgēsimō prīmō, lēgātī Alexandrīnī ā Ptolemaeō missī Rōmam vēnēre et ā Rōmānīs amīcitiam, quam petierant, obtinuērunt.
16. Q. Ogulniō C. Fābiō Pīctōre cōnsulibus Pīcentēs bellum commovēre et ab īnsequentibus cōnsulibus P. Semprōniō Ap. Claudiō victī sunt et dē hīs triumphātum est. Conditae ā Rōmānīs cīvitātēs Arīminus in Galliā et Beneventum in Samniō.
notes
Embassy of Ptolemy Philadelphus, 273 BCE
15. C. Fabiō Liciniō C. Claudiō Canīnā cōnsulibus: 273 BCE (ablative absolute with form of esse assumed. AG 419a).
annō urbis conditae quadringentēsimō sexāgēsimō prīmō: 293 BCE. The conflict between this and the consular date just given suggest Eutropius may have written octagesimo, not sexagesimo.
lēgātī Alexandrīnī ā Ptolemaeō missī: in 273 BCE Ptolemy II of Egypt recognized Rome’s emergence as a "great power" by requesting and gaining a grant of amicitia or diplomatic recognition (Bird; LS amicitia II.A).
vēnēre: syncopated form of vēnērunt
petierant: syncopated form of petiverant
War with the Picentes, 269-268 BCE
16. Q. Ogulniō C. Fābiō Pīctōre cōnsulibus: 269 BCE.
Pīcentēs: The Picentes lived across the Apennines east of Rome and had been bound to Rome by treaty from 299 BCE. After a brief but bitter struggle (269–268 BCE) a group of them was relocated near Salerno and Paestum in what had previously been Lucanian territory (Bird).
commovēre: syncopated form of commovērunt
ab īnsequentibus cōnsulibus P. Semprōniō Ap. Claudiō: Publius Sempronius Sophus and Appius Claudius Russus were consuls in the following year, 268 BCE.
dē hīs: "over them"; the regular expression used for a triumph celebrated for a victory over an enemy (Hazzard). For more information on triumphs, see triumphs.
Arīminus: Ariminum (Rimini) on the Adriatic in Gallia Cispadana became a Latin colony in 268 BCE (Bird).
Beneventum: Beneventum was originally called Malventum and was a fortress town in the territory of the Hirpini Samnites. In 268 BCE it, too, became a Latin colony but the Romans changed its unpropitious name (Bird).
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
| C. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Gaius |
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| Fabius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens. Fabia familia, the Fabian gens. (1) C. Fabius, consul 477 B.C.; (2) Q. Fabius, the first Roman annalist; (3) C. Fabius Pīctor, consul 269 B.C. |
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| Licinius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens. C. Fabius Licinius, consul 273 B.C. |
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| Claudius, ī, m. |
the name of one of the oldest and most famous of the Roman gentes. |
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| Canīna, ae, m. | C. Claudius Canīna, consul 273 B.C. | |
| Alexandrīnus, a, um, adj. |
Alexandrine, pertaining to Alexandrīa. |
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| Ptolemaeus, ī, m. |
a name borne by the kings of Egypt after the time of Alexander the Great; Ptolemaeus Philadelphius, 285–247 B.C. |
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| obtineō, ēre, uī, tentus | to hold, possess; rule, govern | |
| Q. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Quīntus |
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| Ogulnius, ī, m | Q. Ogulnius, consul 269 B.C. | |
| Pīcentēs, ium, pl. m. | the inhabitants of Picenum | |
| commoveō, ēre, mōvī, mōtus | to arouse, disturb, move, influence | |
| insequor, ī, secūtus sum | to pursue, follow up | |
| P. |
abbreviation of the praenomen or nomen Publius |
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| Semprōnius, ī, m. | P. Semprōnius, consul 268 B.C. | |
| Appius, ī, m. (abbr. Ap.) |
a praenomen especially common in the Claudian gens |
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| triumphō, āre, āvī, ātus | to celebrate a triumph | |
| Arīminum, ī, n. |
a town in northern Italy on the Adriatic Sea |
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| Gallia, ae, f. |
the country of the Gauls; modern France and the territories on the west bank of the Rhine. The northern part of Italy was settled by Gauls, and was called Gallia Cisalpina; hence the pl. Galliae. |
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| Beneventum, ī, n. | a city in Campania in Italy | |
| Samnium, ī, n. | a division of middle Italy |