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Parthian archers and heavy chavalry inflict losses on the army of Macrinus in battle at Nisibis.

Related Conflict :Battle of Nisibis
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Parthian army of Artabanus IV Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Macrinus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Macrinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
  • Artabanus IV Origin: Parthian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Herodian, History of the Empire after Marcus Aurelius 4.15.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Nisibis (Nusaybin)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 3
    Year :A.D. 217
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Application :shooting
    stabbing
    Weapon :bow
    lance
    Long-Term Consequence :death
    treaty/agreement/pact
     
    Original Text :καὶ οἱ μὲν βάρβαροι τῷ πλήθει τῶν τόξων τοῖς τε ἐπιμήκεσι δόρασι τῶν καταφράκτων ἀπό τε ἵππων καὶ καμήλων τιτρώσκοντες αὐτοὺς ἄνωθεν μεγάλως ἔβλαπτον.
     
    Translation :The barbarians caused heavy casualties with their rain of arrows and with the long spears of the heavy-armed knights on horses and camels, as they wounded the Romans with downward thrusts.
     
    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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    Created at :2021-02-16 : 12:35:38
    Last changed :2021-02-26 : 11:04:14
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00007825
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