Relatieve Rust: Het Jaar 185 BCE

Samenvatting Lucius Manlius Acidinus houdt een ovatio vanwege zijn overwinningen in het Nabije Spanje; De consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher en Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus leveren strijd met de Ligurische stammen; De praetor Lucius Postumius slaat een slavenopstand in Apulië neer; Na een aanvankelijke tegenslag verslaan de praetors Gaius Calpurnius Piso en…

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Lusitanian and Celtiberian Wars: The Year 151 BCE

Summary The Senate decides to continue the war against the Celtiberians, but there are serious problems with the levy of soldiers; The consuls are arrested by people’s tribunes who had been unable to obtain exemption from military service for their friends; Scipio Aemilianus volunteers to fight in Spain; Marcus Claudius…

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Relative Peace: The Year 185 BCE

Summary Lucius Manlius Acidinus celebrates an ovatio for his victories in Nearer Spain; The consuls Appius Claudius Pulcher and Marcus Sempronius Tuditanus campaign against the Ligurian tribes; The praetor Lucius Postumius puts down a slave rebellion in Apulia; After first suffering a reverse, the praetors Gaius Calpurnius Piso and Lucius…

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The Second Illyrian War and the Fate of Saguntum: The Years 220-219 BCE

Summary Gaius Flaminius is elected censor and has the Circus Flaminius and the Via Flaminia built (220 BCE); Rome’s former ally Demetrios of Faros resumes his piratical activities, prompting a Roman campaign against the Illyrians (219 BCE); The Second Illyrian War ends in a decisive Roman victory. The consul Lucius…

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