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单词 Pydna
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When he made alliances with Balkan tribes that threatened to invade Italy, Roman armies invaded Macedon and defeated his army at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BCE. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
The final campaign against the Macedonians was opened in 169 B.C., and in the next year they were overwhelmed at the decisive battle of Pydna. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z
He died one year before the crowning victory of Pydna. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z
It is in the walled town of Pydna that, in the year 316 b.c., we get our second brief glimpse of the son of Alexander, now a little boy of seven. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895
Finally, in 168, the Romans found an able general in the consul Aemilius Paulus, who restored the morale of the Roman soldiers and won a complete victory over Perseus in the battle of Pydna. A History of Rome to 565 A. D.
In nine days we were landed at Pernambuco and from there we came to Philadelphia on steamer Pydna, Captain Crossley. Bark Kathleen Sunk By A Whale
Such was the effect of the battle of Pydna, however, that he was at once compelled to hand over Egypt to the conquerors, and that country became a Roman protectorate. The Roman Empire in the Light of Prophecy The Rise, Progress, and End of the Fourth World-empire 2012-02-01T03:00:10.887Z
Themistocles was taken by two guides safely across the mountains to Pydna, where he found a merchant ship about to sail for Asia.  Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History
One dark night, through a secret doorway in the city wall, a little party crept softly out of Pydna and went down toward the port. Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895
After the battle of Pydna a Roman ambassador, Popilius by name, was sent to make him withdraw. A History of Rome to 565 A. D.
The universal empire of the Romans dates from the battle of Pydna—“the last battle in which a civilized State confronted Rome in the field on the footing of equality as a great power.” Ancient States and Empires
From Pydna he sailed in a merchant ship to the coast of Asia Minor. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
On the eve of the battle of Pydna when Perseus, King of Macedonia, was conquered by Paulus Æmilius, there happened an eclipse of the Moon. The Story of Eclipses
Perseus was driven from a strong position which he had taken up on the banks of the Enipeus, forced to retreat to Pydna, and, finally, to accept an engagement near that town. A Smaller History of Rome
However, he was crushed in the following year at Pydna by the praetor Metellus, and Macedonia was recovered. A History of Rome to 565 A. D.
Mithridates, of Pontus, made subsequently a desperate effort to rid the Oriental world of the dominion of Rome, but the battle of Pydna marks the real supremacy of the Romans in the civilized world. Ancient States and Empires
The fleet inspired Andriscus with some alarm for the coast districts so that he did not venture to advance farther but moved up to a point slightly beyond Pydna. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form
Stockwell, however, fixes on the eclipse of September 3, 172 B.C. as that which was connected with the Battle of Pydna. The Story of Eclipses
He is said to have lost an eye from a wound by an arrow at the siege of Pydna Antigonus, one of the generals of Alexander, was named Cyclops, or the one-eyed. Plutarch's Lives Volume III.
Perseus fled from Pydna to Pella, his cavalry having, as one would expect, all got safe out of the action. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I
For a whole generation after the battle of Pydna, the Roman State enjoyed a profound calm, scarcely varied by a ripple here and there upon the surface. Ancient States and Empires
But as he was progressing toward Pydna he fell short of provisions and turned back to Thessaly. Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form
Virtually, the known world was divided into subjects and dependencies of Rome, so vast was the change in the forty years between the battles of the Metaurus and Pydna. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History
The Battle of Pydna, which placed the Macedonian monarchy in the hands of the Romans, was decided by a panic befalling the Macedonian cavalry after the phalanx had been broken. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861
As for Perseus, from Pydna he fled to Pella with his cavalry, which was as yet almost entire. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
The battle of Marengo copies the battle of Pydna; the Tolbiac of Clovis and the Austerlitz of Napoleon are as like each other as two drops of water. Les Misérables
For several campaigns the management of the Roman generals was ill-judged; but at last L. Æmilius Paulus, son of the consul who fell at Cannæ, routed the Macedonians at the battle of Pydna. Outline of Universal History
Pydna he secured in 357 by trickery; Amphipolis had passed under his control through inexcusable Athenian slackness earlier in the same year. Authors of Greece
They arrived in Macedonia first, and found the force of a thousand men that had been first sent out, just become masters of Therme and besieging Pydna. The History of the Peloponnesian War
But it is clear that under Alexander the phalanx was not the cumbrous, unwieldy body which it was at Cynoscephate and Pydna. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era)
After the victory at Pydna, the sympathy shown in Greece for the conquered monarch made the Romans more watchful of her interests there. Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D.
But it is clear that, under Alexander, the phalanx was not the cumbrous unwieldy body which it was at Cynoscephalae and Pydna. The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo
She has before her eyes his treatment of Amphipolis and Pydna. Authors of Greece
Accordingly they also joined in the investment, and besieged Pydna for a while. The History of the Peloponnesian War
The war was protracted three years without any decisive result; but was brought to a conclusion in 168 by the consul L. AEmilius Paulus, who defeated Perseus with great loss near Pydna. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest
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