Pydna

American  

[pid-nuh] / ˈpɪd nə /

noun

1. a town in ancient Macedonia, W of the Gulf of Salonika: decisive Roman victory over the Macedonians 186 b.c.

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Pydna British  

/ ˈpɪdnə /

noun

1. a town in ancient Macedonia: site of a major Roman victory over the Macedonians, resulting in the downfall of their kingdom (168 _bc )

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Example Sentences

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.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Stockwell, however, fixes on the eclipse of September 3, 172 B.C. as that which was connected with the Battle of Pydna.

From The Story of Eclipses by Chambers, George F. (George Frederick)

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.

From Plutarch's Lives Volume III. by Stewart, Aubrey

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.

From Les Misérables by Hapgood, Isabel Florence

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.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John