(1) Nōn multō post Māgnentius apud Mursam prōflīgātus aciē est ac paene captus. Ingentēs Rōmānī imperiī vīrēs eā dīmicātiōne cōnsūmptae sunt, ad quaelibet bella externa idōneae, quae multum triumphōrum possent sēcūritātisque cōnferre.
(2) Orientī mox ā Cōnstantiō Caesar est datus patruī fīlius Gallus Māgnentiusque dīversīs proeliīs victus vim vītae suae apud Lugdūnum attulit imperiī annō tertiō, mēnse septimō, frāter quoque eius Senonis, quem ad tuendās Galliās Caesarem mīserat.
notes
The usurper Magnentius is defeated; Constantine II makes his cousin, Gallus, Caesar (353 CE).
(1) Māgnentius: see Magnentius
apud Mursam: see Mursa
ad quaelibet bella externa: "for any foreign wars"
multum: "many," or "much" followed by partitive genitive (AG 346) triumphōrum ... sēcūritātisque
(2) Orientī: the eastern half of the empire, dative after est datus .
ā Cōnstantiō: see Constantius
Gallus: see Constantius Gallus
vim vītae suae ... attulit: "committed suicide" (LS affero I.B.β)
apud Lugdūnum: see Lyon
Senonis: Sens
ad tuendās Galliās: gerund denoting purpose (AG 503)
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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Māgnentius, ī, m. |
Roman emperor, 350–353 A.D. |
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Mursa, ae, f. |
a town in Pannonia |
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prōflīgō, āre, āvī, ātus |
to rout, overthrow |
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dīmicātiō, ōnis [dīmicō], f. |
a combat, struggle |
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quīlibet, quaelibet, quodlibet (quidlibet), indef. pron. |
any one you please, any one, who or whatsoever |
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externus, a, um [exter, outer], adj. |
external, foreign, strange |
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idōneus, a, um, adj. |
suitable, fit; capable |
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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. |
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sēcūritās, ātis [sēcūrus, free from care], f. |
freedom from care, security |
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Oriēns, entis [orior], m. (sc. sōl) |
the rising sun, the East, the Orient 2 |
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Cōnstantius, ī, m. |
(1) Cōnstantius Chlōrus, father of Constantine the Great. Roman emperor 305–306 A.D.; (2) Cōnstantius, third son of Constantine the Great. Roman emperor 337–361 A.D. |
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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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patruus, ī [pater], m. |
of a father's brother, paternal uncle |
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Gallus, a, um |
pertaining to Gaul. Gallī, ōrum, pl. m., the Gauls. Gallus, ī, m., a Roman cognomen: (1) C. (Cn.) Cornēlius Gallus, governor of Egypt under Augustus; (2) Gallus Hostīliānus, Roman emperor 251–253 A.D. |
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Māgnentius, ī, m. |
Roman emperor, 350–353 A.D. |
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Lugdūnum, ī, n. |
a city in Gaul, now Lyons |
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mēnsis, is, m. |
a month |
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Decentius, ī, m. |
Māgnus Decentius, brother of Magnentius, by whom he was created Caesar, 351 A.D. |
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Senonēs, um, pl. m. |
(1) a people of Celtic Gaul; (2) the chief city of the Senones |
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tueor, ērī, tūtus or tuitus sum |
to look at, watch; defend, protect |
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Gallia, ae, f. |
the country of the Gauls; modern France and the territories on the west bank of the Rhine. The northern part of Italy was settled by Gauls, and was called Gallia Cisalpina; hence the pl. Galliae. |