Albinus’ troops, who assumed they had already won, were caught in disorder by the sudden attack of a strong force that had not yet been engaged. For a while they held firm, then broke and in a desperate flight Severus’ army pursued them with great slaughter until they reached the city.
Edition :
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume I: Books 1-4. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 454. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1969.
Herodian. History of the Empire, Volume II: Books 5-8. Translated by C. R. Whittaker. Loeb Classical Library 455. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1970.
