4. Interim ā Sex. Pompeiō, Cn. Pompeiī Māgnī fīliō ingēns bellum in Siciliā commōtum est, hīs quī superfuerant ex partibus Brūtī Cassiīque ad eum cōnfluentibus. Bellātum per Caesarem Augustum Octāviānum et M. Antōnium adversus Sex. Pompeium est. Pāx postrēmō convēnit.
5. Eō tempore M. Agrippa in Aquītāniā rem prōsperē gessit et L. Ventidius Bassus inrumpentēs in Syriam Persās tribus proeliīs vīcit. Pacorum rēgis Orōdis fīlium interfēcit eō ipsō diē, quō ōlim Orōdēs Persārum rēx per ducem Surēnam Crassum occīderat. Hīc prīmus dē Parthīs iūstissimum triumphum Rōmae ēgit.
notes
Chapter 4: War with Sextus Pompey
Livy, Epitome 127–131. Plutarch, Antony 32. Suetonius, Augustus 16. Dio, Roman History 48.30.4, 48.31, 48.36.1–5, 48.38, 49.11–12, 49.18.1–6.
ā Sex. Pompēiō: Sextus Pompey was appointed naval commander by the senate in April 43 BCE. Outlawed the following August, he seized Sicily and three years later Sardinia and blockaded Italy. In 39 BCE, by the Pact of Misenum, the triumvirs granted him the governorship of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica and he lifted the blockade. Octavian unsuccessfully attacked him in 38 BCE, and again in 36 BCE, when he was defeated by Agrippa and Lepidus. Escaping to Asia he was captured and executed by M. Titius (Bird).
hīs quī superfuerant ex partibus Brūtī Cassiīque ad eum cōnfluentibus: ablative absolute (AG 419) with a relative clause inside; cōnfluentibus is a present active participle modifying partibus.
Bellātum: with est, at the end of the sentence, impersonal verb (AG 207).
Chapter 5: Military victories in Aquitania and Syria (40 BCE)
M. Agrippa: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa had been a fellow student with Augustus. He was a gallant soldier and a devoted friend. It was largely by his aid that Augustus secured his power and retained it (Hazzard).
in Aquītāniā: see Aquitania
rem prōsperē gessit: "performed successfully" (LS gero 2.B.3)
L. Ventidius Bassus: see L. Ventidius Bassus
Persās: i.e., the Parthians. Eutropius used Persae for the Parthians who claimed descent from the old Persian kings (Hazzard).
Pacorum: Pacorus was the son of Orodes II.
Crassum occīderat: for the death of Crassus by Parthia after the Battle of Carrhae, see Brev. 6.18.
iūstissimum triumphum: "a most legitimate triumph." Several of the Roman standards lost at the Battle of Carrhae were restored by the Parthians, and were carried in the triumphal procession (Hazzard).
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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Sex. |
an abbreviation of the praenomen Sextus 4. |
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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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Cn. |
abbreviation of the praenomen Gnaeus |
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Magnus, ī, m. |
"The Great", esp. cognomen of Pompey the Great, Cn. Pompeius Magnus |
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Sicilia, ae, f. |
the island of Sicily |
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commoveō, ēre, mōvī, mōtus |
to arouse, disturb, move, influence |
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Brūtus, ī, m. |
a family name at Rome, D. Iūnius Brūtus. He conquered the Callaeci and Lusitani, and won the name of Callaecus in consequence. Consul 138 B.C., L. Iūnius Brūtus, nephew of Tarquinius Superbus, consul with Collatinus 509 B.C., (M. Iūnius) Brūtus, one of the murderers of Caesar |
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Cassius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens |
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cōnfluō, ere, fluxī, —— |
to run together, crowd, throng |
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bello, āre, bellāvi, bellātum |
to wage war |
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Caesar, aris, m. |
a family name in the Julian gens. (1) C. Iūlius Caesar, the famous dictator; (2) Sex. Iūlius Caesar, uncle of the dictator. Consul 91 B.C.; (3) C. Octāviānus, the emperor Augustus |
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Augustus, ī, m. |
a title of honor given to Octavianus in 27 BC and after him to all the Roman emperors |
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Octāviānus, ī, m. |
C. Iūlius Caesar Octāviānus, Roman emperor, 27 B.C.—14 A.D. |
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M. |
M., abbreviation of the praenomen Marcus; M'., abbreviation of the praenomen Manius |
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Antōnius, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman gens, C. Antōnius, consul 63 B.C., L. Antōnius, consul 41 B.C., M. Antōnius, the friend of Caesar and member of the Second Triumvirate, consul 44 B.C. |
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postrēmō [posterus], adv. |
at last, finally |
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Agrippa, ae, m. |
M. (Vīpsānius) Agrippa, son—in—law of Atticus, minister of Augustus 5. |
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Aquītānia, ae, f. |
a province of Gaul between the Garonne and the Pyrenees |
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prōsperē [prōsperus], adv. |
propitiously, successfully |
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Ventidius, ī, m. |
L. (P.) Ventidius Bassus, a Roman general who gained several victories over the Parthians. Consul 43 B.C. |
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inrumpō, ere, rūpī, ruptus |
to break in, fall upon; interrupt |
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Syria, ae, f. |
Syria, a country of Asia, on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea |
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Persae, ārum, pl. m. |
the Persians |
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Pacorus, ī, m. |
son of Orodes I., king of Parthia |
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Orōdēs, is, m. |
a king of the Parthians, conquered by Pompey |
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Surēna, ae, m. |
a general of the Parthians who defeated Crassus in 54 B.C. |
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Crassus, ī, m. |
a Roman family name. (1) Appius Claudius Crassus, decemvir; (2) M. Licinius Crassus, the triumvir, consul 70 B.C.; (3) P. Licinius Crassus, consul 171 B.C.; (4) P. Licinius Crassus, called Dives Mucianus, consul 131 B.C. |
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Parthī, ōrum, pl. m. |
a Scythian people southeast of the Caspian Sea |
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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. |