5. Mox imperātōrēs creātī sunt Gallus Hostīliānus et Gallī fīlius Volusiānus. Sub hīs Aemiliānus in Moesiā rēs novās mōlītus est; ad quem opprimendum cum ambō profectī essent, Interamnae interfectī sunt nōn complētō bienniō. Nihil omnīnō clārum gessērunt. Sōlā pestilentiā et morbīs atque aegritūdinibus nōtus eōrum prīncipātus fuit.
6. Aemiliānus obscūrissimē nātus obscūrius imperāvit ac tertiō mēnse extīnctus est.
notes
Chapter 5: Gallus Hostilianus and Volusianus Emperors, 251–253 CE
Gallus Hostīliānus et Gallī fīlius Volusiānus: Eutropius has muddled his prosopography in this passage: Emperor Hostilian (who was the son of Decius) ruled for several months before dying of plague in 251 CE; Volusian (son of Trebonianus Gallus) ruled for a time together with Hostilian, and died in 253 CE.
Aemiliānus: Aemilian will become the next Roman emperor
rēs novās: "revolution, revolt" (LS novus I.A.4)
ad quem opprimendum: "to crush him," gerund purpose clause (AG 503)
cum ambō profectī essent: cum here is circumstantial (AG 546)
Interamnae: "at Interamna," locative case (AG 427.3)
nōn complētō bienniō: "after a reign of less than two years"
Chapter 6: Aemilianus Emperor, 253 CE
obscūrissimē nātus obscūrius imperāvit: obscūrissimē modifies nātus, obscūrius modifies imperāvit
tertiō mēnse: Aemilian ruled for three months in 253 CE.
extīnctus est: he was slain by the soldiers (Hazzard).
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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Hostīliānus, ī, m. |
Gallus Hostīliānus, Roman emperor 251–253 A.D. 5. |
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Volusiānus, ī, m. |
son of the emperor Gallus. His father conferred the title of Caesar upon him in 251 A.D. and Augustus in 252 A.D. |
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Aemiliānus, ī, m. |
the governor of Pannonia and Moesia in the reign of Gallus, Roman emperor, 253 A.D. |
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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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mōlior, īrī, ītus sum [mōlēs, mass] |
to struggle, toil; undertake, attempt |
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opprimō, ere, pressī, pressus |
to crush utterly, overpower, overwhelm |
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ambō, ae, ō, adj. |
both |
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Interamna, ae, f. |
a town in Umbria |
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compleō, ēre, plēvī, plētus |
to fill (to the brim); complete |
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biennium, ī [bis + annus], n. |
two years' time |
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omnīnō [omnis], adv. |
in all, altogether, only, in general; at all |
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pestilentia, ae [pestis, plague], f. |
a pestilence, plague |
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aegritūdō, inis [aeger], f. |
sickness, grief, vexation, mortification |
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nōtus, a, um [nōscō], adj. |
well known, familiar |
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prīncipātus, ūs [prīnceps], m. |
a chief authority (in the state); headship, leadership; reign, sovereignty |
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obscūrē [obscūrus], adv., comp. obscūrius, sup. obscūrissimē |
obscurely 6. |
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mēnsis, is, m. |
a month |
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exstinguō, ere, stīnxī, stīnctus [ex + stinguō, to extinguish] |
to quench, kill, blot out, destroy, extinguish, put an end to |