De Tweede Macedonische Oorlog: Het Jaar 199 BCE

Samenvatting Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus en Publius Aelius Paetus dienen als censors; Scipio wordt de nieuwe princeps senatus; De praetor Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus lijdt een zware nederlaag tegen de Insubres; De proconsul Lucius Manlius Acidinus mag een ovatio houden vanwege zijn overwinningen in Spanje, maar een volkstribuun spreekt hierover zijn…

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The Second Macedonian War: The Year 199 BCE

Summary Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus and Publius Aelius Paetus serve as censors; Scipio becomes the new princeps senatus; The praetor Gnaeus Baebius Tamphilus is heavily defeated by the Insubres; The proconsul Lucius Manlius Acidinus is awarded an ovatio for his victories in Spain, but it is vetoed by a people’s…

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Prelude to the Seleucid War: The Year 193 BCE

Summary A Lex Sempronia curbs usury; Many Romans seek exemption from military service, but the Senate refuses to grant dispensations; A large army of Ligurians surrounds Pisa, but withdraws when the consul Quintus Minucius Thermus arrives with his army; The consul Lucius Cornelius Merula wins a bloody, but decisive victory…

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The Seleucid War: The Year 192 BCE

Summary The Romans declare King Antiochos III of the Seleucid Empire an enemy of the State; More Roman successes in the Spanish provinces; The proconsul Quintus Minucius Thermus defeats the Ligurians in a battle near Pisa; The consuls Lucius Quinctius and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus devastate the territories of the Boii,…

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