- Abrupolis
Abrupolis (fl.
2nd century BC ) was a king of theThracia n Sapaei,cite book
last = Thirlwall
first = Connop
authorlink = Connop Thirlwall
coauthors =
title = The History of Greece, Vol. 8
publisher = Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
date = 1855
location = London
pages = 426
url = http://books.google.com/books?id=38ceAAAAMAAJ
doi =
id =
isbn = ] and ally of the Romans. He attacked the dominions ofPerseus of Macedon , eldest son of the recently deceasedPhilip V of Macedon , around179 BC , and laid them waste as far asAmphipolis , as well as overrunning the gold mines of Mount Pangaeus. He was afterwards driven out of his holdings by Perseus, [Livy xlii. 13. 30. 41] [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Abrupolis
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 3
publisher =
place = Boston, MA
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0012.html ] the conflict of which helped ignite theThird Macedonian War , since Rome took issue with the ousting of an ally from his territories. [Polybius . "The Histories", Book XXII, §8.]While some ancient (and modern) writers considered Abrupolis's routing by Perseus a primary cause of the Third Macedonian War, [cite book
last = Mommsen
first = Theodor
authorlink = Theodor Mommsen
coauthors =
title = The History of Rome
publisher =
date = 1854
location =
pages =
url =
doi =
id =
isbn = ] other, later Roman writers, and modern scholars, tended to look upon it as an act of self-defense, [Appian , "History of the Macedonian Wars", from Constantine Porphyrogenitus, "The Embassies" §18, §22.] with Rome merely using it as one pretext for a quarrel with Perseus.References
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