(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.

    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

    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

     

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