The army of Septimius Severus ravages and burns Lyon.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Lugdunum
Perpetrator (Group) :	Roman Army of Septimius Severus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Mixed, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Third Party (Person) :	Lucius Septimius Severus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler Iulius Laetus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general Decimus Clodius Albinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Level :	intrasocial
Source :	Herodian, History of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius 3.7.6-7Herodian History of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius 3.7.6-7 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Lugdunum (Lyon)
Time Periode :	Roman Empire
Century :	A.D. 2
Year :	A.D. 197
Context :	war/military campaign battle sack
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	destruction/devastation execution
Original Text :	οἱ δὲ τοῦ Σεβήρου τήν τε Λουγδοῦνον διαρπάσαντες καὶ ἐμπρήσαντες,
Translation :	Severus’ forces ravaged Lugdunum and burned it to the ground.
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.
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