Alter autem Lūcullus, quī Macedoniam administrābat, Bessīs prīmus Rōmānōrum intulit bellum atque eōs ingentī proeliō in Haemō monte superāvit. Oppidum Uscudamam, quod Bessī habitābant, eōdem diē, quō adgressus est, vīcit, Cabylēn cēpit, ūsque ad Dānuvium penetrāvit. Inde multās suprā Pontum positās cīvitātēs adgressus est. Illīc Appolloniam ēvertit, Callatim, Parthenopolim, Tomōs, Histrum, Burziaonem cēpit bellōque cōnfectō Rōmam rediit. Ambō tamen triumphāvērunt, Lūcullus, quī contrā Mithradātēn pūgnāverat, māiore glōriā, cum tantōrum rēgnōrum victor redīsset.
notes
The conquests of Marcus Lucullus in Thrace (72 BCE)
Alter autem Lūcullus: Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus, younger brother of the more famous Lucius Licinius Lucullus, who fought Mithridates.
Macedoniam: Macedonia
Bessīs: dative object of intulit (LS infero I.β). For more information, see Bessi.
in Haemō monte: Mons Haemus
Oppidum Uscudamam: later named Hadrianopolis
Apolloniam ēvertit, Callatim, Parthenopolim, Tomōs, Histrum, Burziaonem cēpit: see Apollonia, Callatis, Parthenopolis, Tomis, Histria, and Bizone. Eutropius had probably visited most or all of these towns while on campaign with Valens between 367 and 369 CE (Bird).
bellōque cōnfectō: ablative absolute with perfect passive participle (AG 419)
Lūcullus, quī contrā Mithradātēn pūgnāverat: Lucius Lucullus
cum tantōrum rēgnōrum victor redīsset: cum is causal (AG 549).
vocabulary
Core Vocabulary | Numbers | Dates
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Lūcullus, ī, m. |
the name of a Roman family. (1) L. Licinius Lūcullus, consul 74 B.C.; (2) M. Licinius Lūcullus, brother of (1) |
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Macedonia, ae, f. |
an extensive country north of Greece, between Thessaly and Thrace |
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administrō, āre, āvī, ātus [ad + ministrō, to manage] |
to manage, govern, regulate, carry on (war) |
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Bessī, ōrum, pl. m. |
a mountain tribe of Thrace |
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Haemus, ī, m. |
a lofty range of mountains separating Thrace and Moesia |
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Uscudama, ae, f. |
a city in Thrace |
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habitō, āre, āvī, ātus [freq. of habeō] |
to dwell, inhabit, live |
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aggredior, gredī, gressus sum |
to approach, attack, undertake |
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Cabylē, ēs, f. |
a town in Thrace |
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Dānuvius, ī, m. |
the Danube river |
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penetrō, āre, āvī, ātus [penitus] |
to enter, penetrate |
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Pontus, ī, m. |
(1) Pontus Euxīnus, the Black Sea; (2) a country of Asia Minor on the Black Sea |
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Apollonia, ae, f. |
a city of Thrace on the Pontus Euxinus |
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ēvertō, ere, ī, versus |
to overturn, destroy, ruin |
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Callatis, is, f. |
a town in Moesia, on the Black Sea |
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Parthenopolis, is, f. |
a city in Lower Moesia on the Black Sea |
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Tomī, ōrum, pl. m. |
a city in Lower Moesia |
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Hister, trī, f. |
a town in Lower Moesia |
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Burziaonē, ēs, f. |
a city in the modern Bulgaria |
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ambō, ae, ō, adj. |
both |
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triumphō, āre, āvī, ātus |
to celebrate a triumph |
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Mithradātēs, is, m. |
surnamed the Great, king of Pontus 120–63 B.C. |