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183 BC (search for this): book 43, chapter 1
as he followed the coast, or to go far inland, approximately to the line of the modern railway to Saloniki, as Philip planned for the Bastarnae; but these would have been aided by friendly tribes, whereas Cassius would have been beyond aid. The Romans had always used the short sea-route from Brundisium to Illyricum and Greece, little as they liked seafaring. among foreign peoples, and leave open to so many tribes the way into Italy.The most recent threat from this direction had been in 186-183 B.C., cf. XXXIX. xxii. 6, xlv. 6-7, liv, though the Transalpine Gauls who had moved in near Aquileia had acted peaceably enough. Cf. the plans of Philip for an invasion of Italy by the Bastarnae, XL. lvii. A full senate decreed that the praetor Gaius Sulpicius should name three envoys from among the senators, who should that very day set out from the city and with all possible speed overtake the consul Cassius, wherever he might be; they were to declare to him that he must not engage
356 BC (search for this): book 44, chapter 10
ty, when they were kept from finding safety in their ships, aroused the spirits of the Roman soldiers, both by despair of other means of safety and by indignation. The fight was renewed on the shore; those aboard the ships came to the rescue. Here about two hundred of the Macedonians were slain and an equal number captured. From Antigonea the fleet sailed to the peninsula of Pallene and landed troops to ravage it. This land belonged to the territory of CassandreaEstablished about 300 B.C. on the site of Potidaea, which had been destroyed by Philip II in 356 B.C. and was by far the most fertile of all the coast they had passed. Here they were met by King Eumenes, who had set out from ElaeaThe port of Pergamum, east by south of Lesbos. with twenty deckedAccording to Nissen, the use of this word indicates that Livy is following Polybius here. ships, as well as by five decked ships sent by King Prusias.He was hedging on his neutrality of 171 B.C., cf. XLII. xxix. 3.
300 BC (search for this): book 44, chapter 10
cessity, when they were kept from finding safety in their ships, aroused the spirits of the Roman soldiers, both by despair of other means of safety and by indignation. The fight was renewed on the shore; those aboard the ships came to the rescue. Here about two hundred of the Macedonians were slain and an equal number captured. From Antigonea the fleet sailed to the peninsula of Pallene and landed troops to ravage it. This land belonged to the territory of CassandreaEstablished about 300 B.C. on the site of Potidaea, which had been destroyed by Philip II in 356 B.C. and was by far the most fertile of all the coast they had passed. Here they were met by King Eumenes, who had set out from ElaeaThe port of Pergamum, east by south of Lesbos. with twenty deckedAccording to Nissen, the use of this word indicates that Livy is following Polybius here. ships, as well as by five decked ships sent by King Prusias.He was hedging on his neutrality of 171 B.C., cf. XLII. xxix. 3.
171 BC (search for this): book 44, chapter 10
ty, when they were kept from finding safety in their ships, aroused the spirits of the Roman soldiers, both by despair of other means of safety and by indignation. The fight was renewed on the shore; those aboard the ships came to the rescue. Here about two hundred of the Macedonians were slain and an equal number captured. From Antigonea the fleet sailed to the peninsula of Pallene and landed troops to ravage it. This land belonged to the territory of CassandreaEstablished about 300 B.C. on the site of Potidaea, which had been destroyed by Philip II in 356 B.C. and was by far the most fertile of all the coast they had passed. Here they were met by King Eumenes, who had set out from ElaeaThe port of Pergamum, east by south of Lesbos. with twenty deckedAccording to Nissen, the use of this word indicates that Livy is following Polybius here. ships, as well as by five decked ships sent by King Prusias.He was hedging on his neutrality of 171 B.C., cf. XLII. xxix. 3.
213 BC (search for this): book 43, chapter 11
e). the commissioners were minimizing the disgrace inflicted by the rashness of Claudius, since they reported that very few soldiers of Italian stock, but chiefly those enrolled on the spot in an irregular levy, had been lost. The consuls-elect were ordered to present to the senate, as soon as they entered upon their office, the problem of Macedonia; and Italy and Macedonia were designated as their provinces. In this year there was an intercalation; the additional month began on the third day after the Terminalia.See appendix following this Book, pp. 87-88. There died of the priests in that year Lucius Flamininus . . .The priesthood held by Flamininus and the name of his successor are missing; he was probably the augur elected in 213 B.C., XXV. ii. 2. two pontiffs passed away, Lucius Furius Philus and Gaius Livius Salinator. In place of Furius the pontiffs chose Titus ManliusB.C. 171 Torquatus,Probably a praetor of this year. in place of Livius, Marcus Servilius.
171 BC (search for this): book 43, chapter 11
hus. These matters were carried out as the senate voted. The consular elections were held on the twenty-sixth of January. The consuls elected were Quintus Marcius Philippus for the second timeHis previous consulship was in 186 B.C., cf. XXXIX. viii ff.; he had been envoy to Greece and to Perseus just before the outbreak of the war, XLII. xxxviii-xlvii. and Gnaeus Servilius Caepio. Two days later there were elected as praetors Gaius Decimius, Marcus Claudius Marcellus.He was tribune in 171 B.C. (XLII. xxxii. 7), going out of office on December 9th of that year; the interval of a year and three months was apparently regularly regarded as fulfilling the requirement of two years which, according to the Lex Villia Annalis (XL. xliv. 1), cf. Cicero, Philippics 5, 17, de Legibus 3, 3, had to elapse between two terms in office. Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, Gaius Marcius Figulus, Servius Cornelius Lentulus, Publius Fonteius Capito. For the praetors-elect four assign ments besides the two
191 BC (search for this): book 43, chapter 11
ion of consuls for such a time that it might be completed during the month of January, and that he should return to the city at the first possible moment. Meanwhile Marcus Raecius the praetor was charged with recalling to Rome by proclamation all senators from the whole of Italy, except those who were absent on public business, while those who were in Rome were not to go more than a mile away from Rome.A similar, but even stricter, emergency measure is recorded in XXXVI. iii. 3 (191 B.C.), just before the campaigns against Antiochus. These matters were carried out as the senate voted. The consular elections were held on the twenty-sixth of January. The consuls elected were Quintus Marcius Philippus for the second timeHis previous consulship was in 186 B.C., cf. XXXIX. viii ff.; he had been envoy to Greece and to Perseus just before the outbreak of the war, XLII. xxxviii-xlvii. and Gnaeus Servilius Caepio. Two days later there were elected as praetors Gaius Decimius, M
186 BC (search for this): book 43, chapter 11
Italy, except those who were absent on public business, while those who were in Rome were not to go more than a mile away from Rome.A similar, but even stricter, emergency measure is recorded in XXXVI. iii. 3 (191 B.C.), just before the campaigns against Antiochus. These matters were carried out as the senate voted. The consular elections were held on the twenty-sixth of January. The consuls elected were Quintus Marcius Philippus for the second timeHis previous consulship was in 186 B.C., cf. XXXIX. viii ff.; he had been envoy to Greece and to Perseus just before the outbreak of the war, XLII. xxxviii-xlvii. and Gnaeus Servilius Caepio. Two days later there were elected as praetors Gaius Decimius, Marcus Claudius Marcellus.He was tribune in 171 B.C. (XLII. xxxii. 7), going out of office on December 9th of that year; the interval of a year and three months was apparently regularly regarded as fulfilling the requirement of two years which, according to the Lex Villia Annalis
168 BC (search for this): book 45, chapter 11
pt. It would have been in order for Antiochus to rejoice at this conclusion had he led his army into Egypt for the purpose of restoring Ptolemy —the specious plea that he had employed in statements to all the states of Asia and Greece either when he received embassies or sent out messages. But he was so incensed that he prepared for war against the two brothers with much more urgency and bitterness than against the one. He immediately sent a fleet to Cyprus; and in early springOf 168 B.C.; he had made preparations in 171, XLII. xxix. 5; the first invasion was in 170, the reconciliation of the brothers presumably in 169 B.C. Polybius, on whom Livy based this account, records these events in XXVIII. 19-23; XXIX. 23 (8). 26-7 (7a, 11). he himself advanced with his army into Hollow Syria on his way to Egypt.B.C. 168 Near Rhinocolura envoys from Ptolemy met him, offering thanks for his assistance in recovering Ptolemy's ancestral throne and requesting that he should not und
169 BC (search for this): book 45, chapter 11
ng Ptolemy —the specious plea that he had employed in statements to all the states of Asia and Greece either when he received embassies or sent out messages. But he was so incensed that he prepared for war against the two brothers with much more urgency and bitterness than against the one. He immediately sent a fleet to Cyprus; and in early springOf 168 B.C.; he had made preparations in 171, XLII. xxix. 5; the first invasion was in 170, the reconciliation of the brothers presumably in 169 B.C. Polybius, on whom Livy based this account, records these events in XXVIII. 19-23; XXIX. 23 (8). 26-7 (7a, 11). he himself advanced with his army into Hollow Syria on his way to Egypt.B.C. 168 Near Rhinocolura envoys from Ptolemy met him, offering thanks for his assistance in recovering Ptolemy's ancestral throne and requesting that he should not undo his act of kindness and rather say what he wanted done than shift from ally to enemy and act by force of arms. Antiochus replied that he
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