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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
in B. C. 205 (Liv. 29.12), and we subsequently find the two kings uniting their forces to besiege Cius in Bithynia, which, after it had fallen into their hands, was sacked by order of Philip, the inhabitants sold as slaves, and the city itself given up to Prusias. (Plb. 15.21, 17.5; Liv. 32.34; Strab. xii. p.563.) It does not appear that the latter, though he was connected by marriage with the Macedonian king, took any part in the decisive struggle of Philip with the Roman power (B. C. 200-196): but in B. C. 190, when Antiochus was, in his turn, preparing to contend with the republic, he made repeated attempts to obtain the alliance of Prusias, who was at first disposed to listen to his overtures, but yielded to the arguments of the two Scipios, and concluded an alliance with Rome, though he appears to have, in fact, taken no part in the war that followed. (Plb. 21.9; Liv. 37.25 ; Appian. Syr. 23.) After the termination of that war, however, Prusias became involved in hostilities w
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), or Ptolemaeus Epiphanes (search)
p. 574). At a subsequent period Scopas, the general who had opposed Antiochus, appears to have attempted to follow the example of Cleomenes, and excite a revolt in Alexandria itself, but his designs were discovered, and he was immediately put to death (Plb. 18.36, 37). It was in consequence of this last attempt that the guardians or ministers of the young king determined to declare him of full age, and the ceremony of his Anacleteria, or coronation, was solemnised with great magnificence, B. C. 196. It was on this occasion that the decree was issued which has been preserved to us in the celebrated inscription known as the Rosetta stone, a monument of great interest in regard to the internal history of Egypt under the Ptolemies, independent of its importance as having afforded the key to the discovery of hieroglyphics. (Plb. 18.38; Inscr. Rosett. ed. Letronne, Paris, 1841, published with the Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, by Didot.) Three years afterwards (in the winter of B. C.
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
. C. 200, in which year he obtained Cisalpine Gaul as his province. He gained a brilliant victory over the Gauls, who had laid siege to Cremona under the command of the Carthaginian Hamilcar. More than 35,000 Gauls were killed or taken prisoners, and Hamilcar and three noble Gallic chiefs also fell in the battle. The senate voted a thanksgiving of three days in consequence of the victory, and the honour of a triumph was granted to Purpureo, though not without some opposition. He was consul B. C. 196 with M. Claudius Marcellus, and with his colleague defeated the Boii. Purpureo vowed three temples to Jupiter, two in the Gallic war during his praetorship, and the other during his consulship: one of these was consecrated in B. C. 194, and the other two in B. C. 192. After the conquest of Antiochus by Scipio, Purpureo was one of the ten commissioners sent by the senate to settle the affairs of Asia. He is mentioned again in B. C. 187, as one of the vehement opponents of the triumph of Cn
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Rex, Ma'rcius 1. Q. Marcius Rex, tribune of the plebs B. C. 196, proposed to the people to make peace with Philip. (Liv. 33.25.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Sci'pio (search)
in Spain in B. C. 211. [No. 10.] He is first mentioned by Livy in B. C. 204 as a young man who was not yet of sufficient age to obtain the quaestorship, but was nevertheless judged by the senate to be the best citizen in the state, and was therefore sent to Ostia along with the Roman matrons to receive the statue of the Idaean Mother, which had been brought from Pessinus. In B. C. 200 he was one of the triumvirs, for the purpose of settling new colonists at Venusia; he was curule aedile in B. C. 196, praetor in 194, and in this year as well as in the following fought with great success in Further Spain, which was assigned to him as his province. But, notwithstanding these victories, and the powerful support of his cousin, the great Africanus, he was an unsuccessful candidate for the consulship for B. C. 192, and did not obtain it till the following year, when he was elected with M'. Acilius Glabrio. In his consulship, B. C. 191, he fought against the Boii, defeated them in battle, and
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), or Seleucus Philopator (search)
Seleucus Iv. or Seleucus Philopator （*Se/lenkos), king of SYRIA, surnamed PHILOPATOR, was the son and successor of Antiochus the Great. The date of his birth is not mentioned; but he must have already attained to manhood in B. C. 196, when he was left by his father in command of his forces at Lysimachia. in the Chersonese. with orders to rebuild that city, which Antiochus designed, or affected to design, as a royal residence for Seleucus himself (Liv. xxxiii. 41, 35.15, 36.7; Plb. 18.34; Appian, Syr. 3). Again, in B. C. 190, we find him stationed in Aeolis with an army, to keep in check the maritime cities. Here he succeeded in reducing Cyme and other places, by voluntary submission, while he regained Phocaea by the treachery of the garrison. Shortly after he took advantage of the absence of Eumenes to invade his dominions, and even proceeded to lay siege to Pergamus itself; but the daring and repeated sallies of Diophanes, a leader of Achaean mercenaries, who had thrown himself int
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
Sila'nus, Ju'nius 1. M. Junius Silanus, took the command of Neapolis, at the wish of the inhabitants, in the second Punic war, B. C. 216, in order to defend it against Hannibal. In B. C. 212 he was praetor, and obtained Etruria as his province, where he was chiefly employed in purchasing corn. In B. C. 210 he accompanied P. Scipio to Spain, and served under him with great distinction during the whole of the war in that country. His most brilliant exploit was the defeat of Hanno and Mago in Celtiberia in B. C. 207. When Scipio quitted Spain in the following year, he left Silanus in command of the army till the arrival of his successor. In B. C. 196 Silanus fell in battle against the Boii, where he fought under the consul M. Marcellus. (Liv. 23.15, 25.2, 3, 26.1, 19, 28.1, 2; Plb. 10.6, xi, 20, 23, 26, 33; Appian, Hisp. 28, 32).
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Sterti'nius (search)
Sterti'nius 1. L. Stertinius, was sent as proconsul into further Spain in B. C. 199, and on his return to Rome three years afterwards (B. C. 196), brought into the public treasury fifty thousand pounds weight of silver, and from the spoils dedicated two fornices or arches in the forum Boarium, and one in the Circus Maximus, and placed upon them gilded statues. In the same year that he returned, he was appointed one of the ten commissioners, who were sent into Greece to settle the affairs of the country, in conjunction with T. Quintius Flamininus. (Liv. 31.50, 33.27, 35 ; Plb. 18.31.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), (search)
ppulus, plebeian aedile, B. C. 204, and praetor B. C. 203, with Sicily as his province. In B. C. 201, he was one of the decemviri for assigning some of the public land in Samninum and Apulia to the soldiers who had served under P. Scipio in Africa, and in B. C. 199 he was consul with L. Cornelius Lentulus. In his consulship he had the conduct of the war against Philip in Macedonia, but he performed nothing of importance. In the following year he served as legatus under his successor T. Quintius Flamininus, and on the conquest of Philip in B. C. 196, he was one of the ten commissioners appointed by the senate to determine with Flamininus upon the conditions of the peace. After concluding the peace with Philip, Tappulus and one of his colleagues went on a mission to Antiochus in Asia. In B. C. 193 he was again sent to Antiochus, and in the following year was also one of the ambassadors sent to Greece. (Liv. 29.38, 30.1, 31.4, 49, 32.3, 6, 28, 33.24, 35, 39, 40, 34.59, 35.13-15, 23, 39.)
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Tere'ntius (search)
Tere'ntius 4. L. Terentius, one of the ambassadors sent to king Antiochus in B. C. 196. (Liv. 33.35.)
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