4. Interim ā Sex. Pompeiō, Cn. Pompeiī Māgnī fīliō ingēns bellum in Siciliā commōtum est, hīs quī superfuerant ex partibus Brūtī Cassiīque ad eum cōnfluentibus. Bellātum per Caesarem Augustum Octāviānum et M. Antōnium adversus Sex. Pompeium est. Pāx postrēmō convēnit.

5. Eō tempore M. Agrippa in Aquītāniā rem prōsperē gessit et L. Ventidius Bassus inrumpentēs in Syriam Persās tribus proeliīs vīcit. Pacorum rēgis Orōdis fīlium interfēcit eō ipsō diē, quō ōlim Orōdēs Persārum rēx per ducem Surēnam Crassum occīderat. Hīc prīmus dē Parthīs iūstissimum triumphum Rōmae ēgit.

Chapter 4: War with Sextus Pompey

Livy, Epitome 127–131. Plutarch, Antony 32. Suetonius, Augustus 16. Dio, Roman History 48.30.4, 48.31, 48.36.1–5, 48.38, 49.11–12, 49.18.1–6.

ā Sex. Pompēiō: Sextus Pompey was appointed naval commander by the senate in April 43 BCE. Outlawed the following August, he seized Sicily and three years later Sardinia and blockaded Italy. In 39 BCE, by the Pact of Misenum, the triumvirs granted him the governorship of Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica and he lifted the blockade. Octavian unsuccessfully attacked him in 38 BCE, and again in 36 BCE, when he was defeated by Agrippa and Lepidus. Escaping to Asia he was captured and executed by M. Titius (Bird).

hīs quī superfuerant ex partibus Brūtī Cassiīque ad eum cōnfluentibus: ablative absolute (AG 419) with a relative clause inside; cōnfluentibus is a present active participle modifying partibus.

Bellātum: with est, at the end of the sentence, impersonal verb (AG 207).

Chapter 5: Military victories in Aquitania and Syria (40 BCE)

M. Agrippa: Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa had been a fellow student with Augustus. He was a gallant soldier and a devoted friend. It was largely by his aid that Augustus secured his power and retained it (Hazzard).

in Aquītāniā: see Aquitania

rem prōsperē gessit: "performed successfully" (LS gero 2.B.3)

L. Ventidius Bassus: see L. Ventidius Bassus

Persās: i.e., the Parthians. Eutropius used Persae for the Parthians who claimed descent from the old Persian kings (Hazzard).

Pacorum: Pacorus was the son of Orodes II.

Crassum occīderat: for the death of Crassus by Parthia after the Battle of Carrhae, see Brev. 6.18.

iūstissimum triumphum: "a most legitimate triumph." Several of the Roman standards lost at the Battle of Carrhae were restored by the Parthians, and were carried in the triumphal procession (Hazzard).

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