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Dionysius of Halicarnassus · Roman Antiquities §14.5.1

Titus Quinctius' Capture of Nine Enemy Cities

Passage 897 of 962 · Greek

Summary

Relates that the dictator Titus Quinctius captured nine enemy cities in a short period and that the captured wicked enemies were slaughtered.

§14.5.1κρατήσας τῶν πολεμίων καὶ τὴν στρατιὰν ἐπικλύσας ταῖς ὠφελείαις Τίτος Κοίντιος δικτατορεύων ἐν ἡμέραις ἐννέα πόλεις ἐννέα πολεμίων ἔλαβεν.
Titus Quinctius, while serving as dictator, having conquered the enemies and showered his army with spoils, captured nine cities of the enemies in nine days.
ληφθέντες ἀμφοτέρωθεν ἀγεληδὸν οἱ θεοστυγεῖς κατεκόπησαν.
Having been captured from both sides, those hated by the gods were slaughtered in herds.

Notes

  1. 7ἐπικλύσας ταῖς ὠφελείαις — The aorist active participle of ἐπικλύζω ("to flood", "to inundate") taking the accusative τὴν στρατιὰν as its direct object and the dative ταῖς ὠφελείαις as a dative of means ("with spoils"). In military contexts, ὠφέλεια often refers to "spoils" or "booty", yielding the figurative meaning "having showered the army with spoils".
  2. 7ληφθέντες ἀμφοτέρωθεν — The adverb ἀμφοτέρωθεν ("from both sides") modifies the passive participle ληφθέντες ("having been captured"). This describes a situation in battle where the enemies were captured "from both sides" or "from either direction" (perhaps due to being surrounded).

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Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities §14.5.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0081.tlg001.humanitext-grc2:14.5.1

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