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Headword:
Emballousi
Adler number: epsilon,936
Translated headword: they make inroads
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] they commence hostilities, they depart. "They make inroads, the emperor into
Lydia but
Procopius into upper
Phrygia".[1]
Greek Original:Emballousi: katantôsin, aperchontai. emballousi de ho men basileus es Ludian ho de Prokopios es Phrugian tên anô.
Notes:
The headword is presumably extracted from the quotation given. For this verb cf.
epsilon 934,
epsilon 935.
[1] Bernhardy attributed this quotation to
Eunapius (Blockley,
Eunapius fr. 34.[7]). Be that as it may, it seems to relate to the events of 366 CE, when Valens (
omicron 764) was moving against the eastern usurper
Procopius.
Reference:
Blockley, R.C. The Fragmentary Classicising Historians of the Later Roman Empire: Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus. Vol. II. Liverpool: Francis Cairns, 1983.
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 26 August 2005@07:01:41.
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