(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.

    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).

    Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates

    Īllyricum, ī, n.

    a country east of the Adriatic Sea

    Moesia, ae, f.

    the modern Bulgaria and Servia, divided into Moesia Superior and Inferior; hence the pl., Moesiae

    contrahō, ere, trāxī, trāctus

    to draw together, collect, assemble

    Narseus, ī, m.

    king of Persia, 294–303 A.D.

    Hormisda, ae, m.

    king of Persia, 303–310 A.D.

    Sapōr, ōris, m.

    the name of several Persian kings; (1) Sapor I., 240—273 A.D.; (2) Sapor II., 310—381 A.D.

    avus, ī, m.

    grandfather, ancestor

    Armenia, ae, f.

    a country of Asia southeast of the Black Sea

    successus, ūs [succēdō], m.

    favorable outcome, success

    fortitūdō, inis [fortis], f.

    courage, bravery

    speculātor, ōris, m.

    a spy

    dīripiō, ere, uī, reptus

    to tear asunder, ravage, plunder

    īnfīnītus, a, um [in + fīniō], adj.

    unbounded, vast, enormous; numberless; as subst., īnfīnītum, ī, n., a large amount, a large number

    extrīnsecus, adv.

    without, on the outside; = praetereā, in addition

    Persae, ārum, pl. m.

    the Persians

    nōbilitās, ātis [nōbilis], f.

    renown, nobility; the nobles

    gaza, ae, f.

    treasure, riches

    Persicus, a, um, adj.

    belonging to or pertaining to Persia

    cōpiōsus, a, um [cōpia], adj.

    abounding in, well supplied, rich

    sōlitūdō, inis [sōlus], f.

    loneliness; lonely place, wilderness

    Dioclētiānus, ī, m.

    (Valerius) Dioclētiānus, emperor 284–305 A.D.

    Mesopotamia, ae, f.

    Mesopotamia, a division of Asia between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers

    ovō, āre, —, —

    to exult, rejoice; receive an ovation, triumph

    regredior, gredī, gressus sum

    to step back, retreat, return

    deinceps [deinde + capiō], adv.

    one after the other, successively; next, moreover 2

    virītim [vir], adv.

    man by man, separately, individually

    Carpī, ōrum, pl. m.

    a German people living between the Carpathian mountains and the Danube

    Basternae, ārum, pl. m.

    a warlike German people living near the mouth of the Danube

    subigō, ere, ēgī, āctus

    to drive under, put down, conquer

    Sarmatae, ārum, pl. m

    the inhabitants of Sarmatia

    nātiō, ōnis [nāscor], f.

    nation, tribe, people

    captīvus, a, um [capiō], adj.

    captive; as subst., captīvus, ī, m., captīva, ae, f., captive, prisoner of war

    locō, āre, āvī, ātus [locus]

    to place, settle

     

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