Abrupolis
| Abrupolis | |
|---|---|
| King of the Thracian Sapaei | |
| Reign | 2nd century BC |
Abrupolis (
Mount Pangaeus. He was afterwards driven out of his holdings by Perseus,[2][3] the conflict of which helped ignite the Third Macedonian War, since Rome took issue with the ousting of an ally from his territories.[4]
While some ancient (and modern) writers considered Abrupolis's routing by Perseus a primary cause of the Third Macedonian War,[5] other, later Roman writers, and modern scholars, tended to look upon it as an act of self-defense,[6] with Rome merely using it as one pretext for a quarrel with Perseus.[1]
References
- ^ a b Thirlwall, Connop (1855). The History of Greece, Vol. 8. London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans. pp. 426.
- ^ Livy xlii. 13. 30. 41
- ^ Smith, William (1867). "Abrupolis". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Vol. 1. Boston, MA. p. 3. Archived from the original on 2005-12-31. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Polybius. The Histories, Book XXII, §8.
- The History of Rome.
- ^ Appian, History of the Macedonian Wars, from Constantine Porphyrogenitus, The Embassies §18, §22.