(1) Occīsō ergō Carbōne Siciliam Pompēius recēpit. Trānsgressus inde ad Āfricam Domitium Mariānae partis ducem et Hierdam, rēgem Mauretāniae, quī Domitiō auxilium ferēbat, occīdit. Post haec Sulla dē Mithradāte ingentī glōria triumphāvit. Cn. etiam Pompēius, quod nūllī Rōmānōrum tribūtum erat, quārtum et vīcēsimum annum agēns dē Āfricā triumphāvit.
(2) Hunc fīnem habuērunt duo bella fūnestissima, Ītalicum, quod et sociāle dictum est, et cīvīle, quae ambō trācta sunt per annōs decem. Cōnsūmpsērunt ultrā CL mīlia hominum, virōs cōnsulārēs XXIV, praetōriōs VII, aedīlīciōs LX, senātōrēs ferē CC.
notes
End of the Civil War of Marius and Sulla (81 BCE)
Livy, Epitome 89. Plutarch, Pompey 11–14.
(1) Occīsō ergō Carbōne: ablative absolute using a perfect passive participle (AG 419). For more information on the war against Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, see Brev. 5.8
Domitium: Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, Cinna’s son-in-law, had recruited a large army in Africa and was supported by Hierta, King of Numidia. In 80 BCE Pompey overcame their forces and restored Hiempsal to the Numidian throne, for which he celebrated a triumph unprecedented for a man of his rank and age (Bird).
Mariānae partis: "the Marian faction" (LS pars II.A)
dē Mithradāte: for Sulla’s campaign against Mithridates, see Brev. 5.4–7
ingentī glōria triumphāvit: Sulla’s triumph was celebrated in January 81 BCE (Bird).
nūllī Rōmānōrum tribūtum erat: This was the first time that anyone who had not held the office of consul was permitted to celebrate a triumph (Hazzard).
(2) Ītalicum: for Eutropius’ account of the Social War, see Brev. 5.3
cīvīle: for Eutropius’ account of the Civil War, see Brev. 5.7–8
per annōs decem: Hostilities in the Italian [Social] War commenced in 90 BCE and the Civil War ended in 81 BCE, a ten year period (Bird).
XXIV: supply mīlia with all these numbers, except the last (Hazzard)
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
| Carbō, ōnis, m. |
Cn. (Papirius) Carbō, consul 113 B.C.; (Cn.) Papīrius Carbō, consul 82 B.C. |
| Sicilia, ae, f. | the island of Sicily |
| 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 |
| trānsgredior, gredī, gressus sum | to step over or across, cross |
| Āfrica, ae, f. |
Africa; often the northern part of the continent, especially the part near Carthage |
| Domitius, ī, m. |
a Roman family name. (1) Cn. Domitius, consul 32 B.C.; (2) L. Domitius, a Roman general in the war with Sertorius. |
| Mariānus, a, um, adj. | belonging or pertaining to Marius |
| Hierda, ae, m. | king of Mauretania |
| Mauretania, ae, f. |
a district on the northwestern coast of Africa, embracing parts of modern Morocco and Algiers |
| Sulla, ae, m. |
L. Cornēlius Sulla, surnamed Felix, consul 88 B.C. |
| Mithradātēs, is, m. |
surnamed the Great, king of Pontus 120–63 B.C. |
| triumphō, āre, āvī, ātus | to celebrate a triumph |
| Cn. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Gnaeus |
| tribuō, ere, ī, ūtus [tribus] | to assign, grant, give |
| fūnestus, a, um [fūnus], adj. |
causing death, deadly, destructive 2 |
| sociālis, e [socius], adj. | social; pertaining to allies (socii) |
| cīvīlis, e [cīvis], adj. |
pertaining to a citizen; civil; polite, moderate |
| ambō, ae, ō, adj. | both |
| cōnsulāris, e [cōnsul], adj. |
of a consul, of consular rank; as subst., an ex-consul |
| praetōrius, a, um [praetor], adj. |
of or belonging to the praetor or commander; as subst., praetōrius, ī, m., a man of praetorian rank, an ex-praetor |
| aedīlīcius, ī [aedīlis, aedile, a Roman magistrate], m. | one who has been an aedile |
| senātor, ōris [senātus], m. | a senator |