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2208 |
| Text |
Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius |
| Quotation |
1. Anno ab Vrbe condita CCCCXXII Alexander rex Epirotarum, Alexandri illius Magni auunculus, traiectis in Italiam copiis cum bellum aduersus Romanos pararet et circa finitimas Romae urbes
firmare uires exercitus sui auxiliaque uel sibi adquirere uel hostibus subtrahere studens bellis
exerceretur, a Samnitibus qui Lucanae genti suffragabantur maximo bello in Lucania uictus
atque occisus est.
2. Sed, quoniam aliquantum Romanas clades recensendo progressus sum, uel Alexandri istius mentione commonitus, de Philippo Macedonum rege, qui Olympiadem huius Alexandri Epirotae sororem uxorem habuit, ex qua Alexandrum Magnum genuit, paucissimis annis retro repetitis magna paruis in quantum potero colligam. |
| Translation |
1. 422 years after the foundation of the City, Alexander, the king of Epirus and uncle of the famous Alexander the Great, brought his troops into Italy since he was preparing to fight against Rome. He was active around the cities neighbouring Rome, trying to strengthen his army and obtain their support, or to detach them from his enemy. However, he was defeated and slain in a great battle in Lucania by the Samnites who gave their aid to the Lucanians.
2. However, since I have gone forward some way in my account of
the disasters that Rome suffered, mentioning this Alexander reminds me
to go back a few years and, as far as I am able, I shall gather together in
a few words the great deeds of Philip, the king of the Macedonians, who
married Olympias, the sister of this Alexander of Epirus, by whom he bore
Alexander the Great. |
| Quotation source |
Vol. 1, Lib. 3, Cap. 11, 1-2 (pp. 151-2, trans. Fear, p. 123) |
| Temporal Coverage |
-370 - -331 |
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