(1) Ergō Lūcullus repetēns hostem fugātum etiam rēgnum Tigrānis, quī Armenīīs imperābat, ingressus est. Tigrānocertam, cīvitātem Arzanēnae, nōbilissimam rēgnī Armeniacī, cēpit, ipsum rēgem cum septem mīlibus quīngentīs clībanāriīs et centum mīlibus sagittāriōrum et armātōrum venientem decem et octō mīlia mīlitum habēns ita vīcit, ut māgnam partem Armeniōrum dēlēverit. Inde Nisibīn profectus eam quoque cīvitātem cum rēgis frātre cēpit.

(2) Sed hī, quōs in Pontō Lūcullus relīquerat cum exercitūs parte, ut regīōnēs victās et iam Rōmānōrum tuērentur, neglegenter sē et avārē agentēs occāsiōnem iterum Mithridātī in Pontum inrumpendī dedērunt atque ita bellum renovātum est. Lūcullō parantī captā Nisibī contrā Persās expeditiōnem successor est missus.

    Battle of Tigranocerta, 69 BCE

    Livy, Epitome 97–101. Appian, Mithridatic Wars 12.79–16.110. Plutarch, Lucullus 17, 19, 30, 32–35.

    (1) Lūcullus: Lucius Lucullus

    hostem fugātum: "the enemy who had fled." Often it is best to translate a participle by a clause (Hazzard).

    rēgnum Tigrānis: Armenia, Tigranes' kingdom

    Tigrānocertam: Tigranocerta, the capital of Armenia (Hazzard)

    Arzanēnae: a district of Armenia Maior, bounded on the south by the Tigris, see Arzanene.

    nōbilissimam rēgnī Armeniacī: "the most celebrated (city) of the Armenian kingdom."

    clībanāriīs: "armored cavalry" (LS clibanarius), which was first encountered by the Romans in 190 BC, in the war against Antiochus III (Livy 37.40.5). At Carrhae, the army of Crassus was defeated, in 53 BC, by the Parthian cavalry whose men and horses were armored (Plutarch, Crassus 24). This is the only place in Eutropius where this word is found. It is post-classical, and is used by only two writers besides Eutropius (Hazzard). 

    ita vīcit, ut: "so completely conquered...that..."; result clause (AG 537)

    Nisibīn: Lucullus was directing his march to Artaxata, but the mutiny of his soldiers caused him to turn aside to Nisibis, the capital of Mesopotamia, and take up his winter quarters there (Hazzard).

    (2) hī: Lucullus' lieutenants, Fannius and Triarius. They had been defeated at Cabera and Zela (Hazzard).

    in Pontō: see Pontus

    ut regīōnēs victās et iam Rōmānōrum tuērentur: purpose clause (AG 531). tueor is deponent (AG 190).

    neglegenter sē et avārē agentēs: "conducting themselves carelessly and greedily" (Hazzard); sē agere = "to carry one's self, behave" (LS ago II.D.11)

    occāsiōnem iterum Mithridātī in Pontum inrumpendī dedērunt:  order: dedērunt occāsiōnem Mithradātī inrumpendī in Pontum. inrumpendī is a genitive gerund, with occāsiōnem.

    bellum renovātum est: The Romans were now exactly where they were at the breaking out of the war, Pontus and Cappadocia were overrun by Mithridates, and the results of eight years' warfare were lost (Hazzard).

    Lūcullō parantī captā Nisibī contrā Persās expeditiōnem successor est missus:  order: successor missus est Lūcullō parantī expeditiōnem contrā Persās captā Nisibī.

    Persās: = Parthōs

    Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates

     

    Lūcullus, ī, m.

    the name of a Roman family. (1) L. Licinius Lūcullus, consul 74 B.C.; (2) M. Licinius Lūcullus, brother of (1)

    Tigrānēs, is, m.

    king of Armenia, son-in-law of Mithradates, 9656 B.C.

    Armeniī, ōrum, pl. m.

    the inhabitants of Armenia

    Tigrānocerta, ae, f.

    the capital city of Armenia Maior

    Arzanēna, ae, f.

    a district of Armenia Maior, bounded on the south by the Tigris

    Armeniacus, a, um, adj.

    pertaining to or belonging to Armenia

    clībanārius, ī, m.

    armored cavalry

    sagittārius, ī [sagitta], m.

    an archer, bowman

    armātus, i, m.

    an armed man, a soldier

    dēleō, ēre, ēvī, ētus

    to destroy, overthrow

    Nisibis, is, f.

    a city in Mesopotamia

    Pontus, ī, m.

    (1) Pontus Euxīnus, the Black Sea; (2) a country of Asia Minor on the Black Sea

    tueor, ērī, tūtus or tuitus sum

    to look at, watch; defend, protect

    negligenter [neglegēns, heedless], adv.

    heedlessly, carelessly, negligently

    avārē [avārus, greedy], adv.

    greedily

    occāsiō, ōnis [occidō, to happen], f.

    an occasion, opportunity

    Mithradātēs, is, m.

    surnamed the Great, king of Pontus 120–63 B.C.

    inrumpō, ere, rūpī, ruptus

    to break in, fall upon, invade

    renovō, āre, āvī, ātus [re + novus]

    to renew

    Persae, ārum, pl. m.

    the Persians

    expedītiō, ōnis [expediō, to set fire], f.

    an expedition, campaign

    successor, ōris [succēdō], m.

    a follower, successor

     

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