(1) Mox tamen per Īllyricum Moesiamque contrāctīs cōpiīs rūrsus cum Narseō Hormisdae et Sapōris avō in Armeniā Māiōre pūgnāvit successū ingentī nec minōre cōnsiliō, simul fortitūdine, quippe quī etiam speculātōris mūnus cum alterō aut tertiō equite suscēperit. Pulsō Narseō castra ēius dīripuit; uxōrēs, sorōrēs, līberōs cēpit, īnfīnītam extrīnsecus Persārum nōbilitātem, gazam Persicam cōpiōsissimam. Ipsum in ultimās rēgnī sōlitūdinēs ēgit. Quārē ad Dioclētiānum in Mesopotamiā cum praesidiīs tum morantem ovāns regressus ingentī honōre susceptus est.
(2) Varia deinceps et simul et virītim bella gessērunt Carpīs et Basternīs subāctīs, Sarmatīs victīs, quārum nātiōnum ingentēs captīvōrum cōpiās in Rōmānīs fīnibus locāvērunt.
notes
Galerius defeats Narses in Greater Armenia (298 CE)
(1) cum Narseō: Narseh was the father of Hormizd II, and the grandfather of Shapur II
in Armeniā Māiōre: see Armenia Maior
pūgnāvit: subject is Gālerius
quī: subject is still Gālerius
mūnus: "role"
alterō aut tertiō: "two or three"
extrīnsecus: "in addition" = praetereā, a late usage (Hazzard)
Ipsum: supply Narseum
(2) Carpīs et Basternīs subāctīs: see Carpi and Basternae
Sarmatīs victīs: see Sarmatia.
locavērunt: in 294 CE Diocletian defeated the Sarmatians, and in the next two years the Carpi and Bastarnae. Many of these people were settled in the new Pannonian province of Valeria and in Thrace (Bird).
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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Īllyricum, ī, n. |
a country east of the Adriatic Sea |
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Moesia, ae, f. |
the modern Bulgaria and Servia, divided into Moesia Superior and Inferior; hence the pl., Moesiae |
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contrahō, ere, trāxī, trāctus |
to draw together, collect, assemble |
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Narseus, ī, m. |
king of Persia, 294–303 A.D. |
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Hormisda, ae, m. |
king of Persia, 303–310 A.D. |
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Sapōr, ōris, m. |
the name of several Persian kings; (1) Sapor I., 240—273 A.D.; (2) Sapor II., 310—381 A.D. |
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avus, ī, m. |
grandfather, ancestor |
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Armenia, ae, f. |
a country of Asia southeast of the Black Sea |
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successus, ūs [succēdō], m. |
favorable outcome, success |
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fortitūdō, inis [fortis], f. |
courage, bravery |
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speculātor, ōris, m. |
a spy |
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dīripiō, ere, uī, reptus |
to tear asunder, ravage, plunder |
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īnfīnītus, a, um [in + fīniō], adj. |
unbounded, vast, enormous; numberless; as subst., īnfīnītum, ī, n., a large amount, a large number |
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extrīnsecus, adv. |
without, on the outside; = praetereā, in addition |
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Persae, ārum, pl. m. |
the Persians |
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nōbilitās, ātis [nōbilis], f. |
renown, nobility; the nobles |
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gaza, ae, f. |
treasure, riches |
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Persicus, a, um, adj. |
belonging to or pertaining to Persia |
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cōpiōsus, a, um [cōpia], adj. |
abounding in, well supplied, rich |
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sōlitūdō, inis [sōlus], f. |
loneliness; lonely place, wilderness |
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Dioclētiānus, ī, m. |
(Valerius) Dioclētiānus, emperor 284–305 A.D. |
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Mesopotamia, ae, f. |
Mesopotamia, a division of Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers |
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ovō, āre, —, — |
to exult, rejoice; receive an ovation, triumph |
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regredior, gredī, gressus sum |
to step back, retreat, return |
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deinceps [deinde + capiō], adv. |
one after the other, successively; next, moreover 2 |
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virītim [vir], adv. |
man by man, separately, individually |
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Carpī, ōrum, pl. m. |
a German people living between the Carpathian mountains and the Danube |
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Basternae, ārum, pl. m. |
a warlike German people living near the mouth of the Danube |
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subigō, ere, ēgī, āctus |
to drive under, put down, conquer |
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Sarmatae, ārum, pl. m |
the inhabitants of Sarmatia |
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nātiō, ōnis [nāscor], f. |
nation, tribe, people |
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captīvus, a, um [capiō], adj. |
captive; as subst., captīvus, ī, m., captīva, ae, f., captive, prisoner of war |
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locō, āre, āvī, ātus [locus] |
to place, settle |