The bellum dardanicum and the third mithridatic war
Abstract
It is argued here that the Balkan campaign of C. Scribonius Curio was not simply the adventure of an ambitious general bent on triumph and glory in a war against the barbarians. On the contrary, it was a carefully planned action by the Sullan regime Curio's war was a continuation of Pulcher's -, aimed at pacifying the Balkans and preparing the ground for the final war against Mithridates, which ensued. Among the facts which corroborate this conclusion, the unusually large number of troops mustered by Curio should be stressed (5 legions, according to Frontinus). Such a force was hardly necessary for a mere retaliatory operation against the barbarians of the Balkan interior.
Source:
Historia - Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte, 2014, 63, 2, 187-193Publisher:
- Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
Institution/Community
Istorija / HistoryTY - JOUR AU - Petković, Žarko PY - 2014 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1881 AB - It is argued here that the Balkan campaign of C. Scribonius Curio was not simply the adventure of an ambitious general bent on triumph and glory in a war against the barbarians. On the contrary, it was a carefully planned action by the Sullan regime Curio's war was a continuation of Pulcher's -, aimed at pacifying the Balkans and preparing the ground for the final war against Mithridates, which ensued. Among the facts which corroborate this conclusion, the unusually large number of troops mustered by Curio should be stressed (5 legions, according to Frontinus). Such a force was hardly necessary for a mere retaliatory operation against the barbarians of the Balkan interior. PB - Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH T2 - Historia - Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte T1 - The bellum dardanicum and the third mithridatic war EP - 193 IS - 2 SP - 187 VL - 63 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1881 ER -
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Petković, Ž.. (2014). The bellum dardanicum and the third mithridatic war. in Historia - Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH., 63(2), 187-193. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1881
Petković Ž. The bellum dardanicum and the third mithridatic war. in Historia - Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte. 2014;63(2):187-193. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1881 .
Petković, Žarko, "The bellum dardanicum and the third mithridatic war" in Historia - Zeitschrift fur Alte Geschichte, 63, no. 2 (2014):187-193, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_1881 .