Summary
A brief state of the art for Phlegon of Tralles’ De Mirabilia 3 anti-Roman prophecies is followed by a reassessment of four of its components: the historical identification of the Roman protagonist “Publius”, Naupaktos as the main stage for the prophecies, the multiple meanings of the Red Wolf as well as the Oak Tree, and the Roman military retreat. By analyzing these specific elements, it will be argued that these presages were not only associated with events during the Antiochean and Mithridatic Wars, but were also related with historical experiences from the First Macedonian Conflict.
Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge with gratitude the help received in writing this article from Professors François Cadiou, Moya Jones, Álvaro Moreno-Leoni and Felipe Soza, specially for their valuable advises in improving my argument. All errors are, of course, mine alone.
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