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

At Pydna, Aemilius Paulus against Perseus, the phalanx marched without being stopped.

From Battle Studies by Charles Jean Jacques Joseph Ardant du Picq

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 Isabel Florence Hapgood

However, he was crushed in the following year at Pydna by the praetor Metellus, and Macedonia was recovered.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur Edward Romilly Boak

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.

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