01-26-2013, 06:19 PM
Now few more quotes from ancient authors
Lucanus - Pharsalia book II
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text...card%3D234
<<O superi, motura Dahas ut clade Getasque,
Securo me, Roma cadat.>>
This is roguely translated as
<< Oh, heavenly gods, protect me if by some disater the Dacians and the Getae will move (against us) and Rome will fall>>
This was supposedly Cato saying this, and it show the fear of Romans during civil war, that Dacians/Getae will set in motion and will bring down Rome
And now about Getae king Dromichaetes vs the diadoch Lysimachus (is from Polyaenus: Stratagems - BOOK 7 )
http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus7.html#25.1
<<Dromichaetes was king of Thrace, and Lysimachus was king of Macedonia. When Lysimachus made war on Thrace, Dromichaetes used the following stratagem against him. Seuthes, his general, pretended to resent some insult which he had received from the Thracian king, and deserted to Lysimachus. Lysimachus trusted his loyalty, and followed his directions. But Seuthes brought the Macedonian army into such a situation, that they had to contend at the same time with famine, thirst and a powerful enemy. Dromichaetes took the opportunity to attack them when they were in this situation. Although the Macedonian army is reported to have amounted to a hundred thousand men, he defeated them with great slaughter, and took Lysimachus prisoner.>>
As I said before, this is a masterpiece of military strategy that will amaze Sun Tzi as well.
Deceiveing the enemy, infiltrating him and luring him in some bad areas and weakening him even before the battle to begin, guide him right at the place you chose for the battle and make him to get in a bad position, then attack and destroy him despite his huge number.
This war was the brutal ending of Hellenistic expansion north of Haemus (Balkans) mountains. Lysimachus escaped by giving Dromichaetes the teritories he wished and his daughter as wife, and Greeks never returned with an army here.
This was the war that made Pyrrhus to dread the Getae and turn west to attack Romans instead.
So Alex the Great knew well whats about when he said in public that the Getae must to be shunned, and Caesar as well when he avoided them at first, when he had just 4 legions under his command
Lucanus - Pharsalia book II
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text...card%3D234
<<O superi, motura Dahas ut clade Getasque,
Securo me, Roma cadat.>>
This is roguely translated as
<< Oh, heavenly gods, protect me if by some disater the Dacians and the Getae will move (against us) and Rome will fall>>
This was supposedly Cato saying this, and it show the fear of Romans during civil war, that Dacians/Getae will set in motion and will bring down Rome
And now about Getae king Dromichaetes vs the diadoch Lysimachus (is from Polyaenus: Stratagems - BOOK 7 )
http://www.attalus.org/translate/polyaenus7.html#25.1
<<Dromichaetes was king of Thrace, and Lysimachus was king of Macedonia. When Lysimachus made war on Thrace, Dromichaetes used the following stratagem against him. Seuthes, his general, pretended to resent some insult which he had received from the Thracian king, and deserted to Lysimachus. Lysimachus trusted his loyalty, and followed his directions. But Seuthes brought the Macedonian army into such a situation, that they had to contend at the same time with famine, thirst and a powerful enemy. Dromichaetes took the opportunity to attack them when they were in this situation. Although the Macedonian army is reported to have amounted to a hundred thousand men, he defeated them with great slaughter, and took Lysimachus prisoner.>>
As I said before, this is a masterpiece of military strategy that will amaze Sun Tzi as well.
Deceiveing the enemy, infiltrating him and luring him in some bad areas and weakening him even before the battle to begin, guide him right at the place you chose for the battle and make him to get in a bad position, then attack and destroy him despite his huge number.
This war was the brutal ending of Hellenistic expansion north of Haemus (Balkans) mountains. Lysimachus escaped by giving Dromichaetes the teritories he wished and his daughter as wife, and Greeks never returned with an army here.
This was the war that made Pyrrhus to dread the Getae and turn west to attack Romans instead.
So Alex the Great knew well whats about when he said in public that the Getae must to be shunned, and Caesar as well when he avoided them at first, when he had just 4 legions under his command
Razvan A.
