After Severus’ army had been carried down by the current to these shores contrary to its own intention, it disembarked and began to devastate the region, driving off the cattle it came across for provisions and burning down the villages in its way.
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.