Pydna
Americannoun
noun
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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.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
From Pydna he sailed in a merchant ship to the coast of Asia Minor.
From 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 by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
After the battle of Pydna a Roman ambassador, Popilius by name, was sent to make him withdraw.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
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