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Optimate
Optimate Op"ti*mate, a. [L. optimas, -atis, adj., optimates,
n. pl., the adherents of the best men, the aristocrats, fr.
optimus the best.]
Of or pertaining to the nobility or aristocracy. [R.] -- n. A
nobleman or aristocrat; a chief man in a state or city. [R.]
--Chapman.
Meaning of Optimate from wikipedia
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Optimates (/ˌɒptɪˈmeɪtiːz/, /ˈɒptɪmeɪts/;
Latin for "best ones"; sg. optimas) and po****res (/ˌpɒpjʊˈlɛəriːz, -jə-, -ˈleɪriːz/;
Latin for "supporters...
- on
April 6, 46 BC near
Thapsus (in
modern Tunisia). The
forces of the
Optimates, led by
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Scipio, were
defeated by the forces...
- 54 and 53 BC),
Pompey switched to the
political faction known as the
optimates—a
conservative faction of the
Roman Senate.
Pompey and
Caesar then began...
- scholar, philosopher,
writer and
Academic skeptic, who
tried to
uphold optimate principles during the
political crises that led to the
establishment of...
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during the
context of Sulla's
Second Civil War. The
battle pitted the
Optimates under the
command of
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius and
Pompey against...
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substantial domestic strife,
often anachronistically seen as a
conflict between optimates and po****res,
referring to
conservative and
reformist politicians, respectively...
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Battle of
Ilerda Optimates.
Battle Catalonia,
Spain Victory ⁂ 10 July 48 BC 10 July 48 BC
Battle of
Dyrrhachium (48 BC) .
Optimates Battle Durrës, Albania...
- in 46 BC.
Metellus Scipio and a
number of
influential senators from the
Optimate faction were
fleeing the
disastrous Battle of
Thapsus when
their fleet...
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Sacriporto –
Fought between the
Optimates under Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix and the Po****res
under Gaius Marius the Younger,
Optimate victory.
First Battle of...
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Imperator Princeps senatus Pontifex maximus Augustus Caesar Tetrarch Optimates and po****res
Province Magistrates Military History Borders Establishment...
