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Headword: *kaqh/menon pedi/on
Adler number: kappa,84
Translated headword: settled plain
Vetting Status: high
Translation:

[Meaning] a level one.
"The Romans were camping in a settled plain".[1]

Greek Original:

*kaqh/menon pedi/on: to\ o(malo/n. oi( de\ *(rwmai=oi e)s kaqh/menon pedi/on e)stratopedeu/onto.

Note:

[1] A loose approximation of Theophylact Simocatta, Histories 5.10.2, on the maneuvering of Roman and rebel Persian armies (late summer 591); cf. de Boor (206) and Whitby (145).

References:

C. de Boor, ed., Theophylacti Simocattae Historiae, (Leipzig 1887, reprint 2022)
M. Whitby and M. Whitby, eds. and trans., The History of Theophylact Simocatta, (Oxford 1986)

Keywords: definition; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 30 May 2005@07:11:11.

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