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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Pydna

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

But as he was progressing toward Pydna he fell short of provisions and turned back to Thessaly.

From 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 by Cassius Dio

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.

From Harper's Round Table, August 6, 1895 by Various

He deprived her of her hold upon the Thermaic Gulf, conquered Pydna and Potidæa, and conciliated Olynthus.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

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 John Lord