(1) Occīsō ergō Carbōne Siciliam Pompēius recēpit. Trānsgressus inde ad Āfricam Domitium Mariānae partis ducem et Hierdam, rēgem Mauretāniae, quī Domitiō auxilium ferēbat, occīdit. Post haec Sulla dē Mithridāte ingentī glōria triumphāvit. Cn. etiam Pompēius, quod nūllī Rōmānōrum tribūtum erat, quārtum et vīcēsimum annum agēns dē Āfricā triumphāvit.
(2) Hunc fīnem habuērunt duo bella fūnestissima, Ītalicum, quod et sociāle dictum est, et cīvīle, quae ambō trācta sunt per annōs decem. Cōnsūmpsērunt ultrā CL mīlia hominum, virōs cōnsulārēs XXIV, praetōriōs VII, aedīlīciōs LX, senātōrēs ferē CC.
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End of the Civil War of Marius and Sulla (81 BCE)
Livy, Epitome 89. Plutarch, Pompey 11–14.
(1) Occīsō ergō Carbōne: ablative absolute using a perfect passive participle (AG 419). For more information on the war against Gnaeus Papirius Carbo, see Brev. 5.8
Domitium: Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, Cinna’s son-in-law, had recruited a large army in Africa and was supported by Hierta, King of Numidia. In 80 BCE Pompey overcame their forces and restored Hiempsal to the Numidian throne, for which he celebrated a triumph unprecedented for a man of his rank and age (Bird).
Mariānae partis: "the Marian faction" (LS pars II.A)
dē Mithridāte: for Sulla’s campaign against Mithridates, see Brev. 5.4–7
ingentī glōria triumphāvit: Sulla’s triumph was celebrated in January 81 BCE (Bird).
nūllī Rōmānōrum tribūtum erat: This was the first time that anyone who had not held the office of consul was permitted to celebrate a triumph (Hazzard).
(2) Ītalicum: for Eutropius’ account of the Social War, see Brev. 5.3
cīvīle: for Eutropius’ account of the Civil War, see Brev. 5.7–8
per annōs decem: Hostilities in the Italian [Social] War commenced in 90 BCE and the Civil War ended in 81 BCE, a ten year period (Bird).
XXIV: supply mīlia with all these numbers, except the last (Hazzard)