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Septimius Severus orders the body of Clodius Albinus to be thrown away and his head put on a pole in Rome.

Related Conflict :Battle of Lugdunum
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Septimius Severus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Decimus Clodius Albinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: mutilation
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Lucius Septimius Severus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: encouragement
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    Level :interpersonal
    intrasocial
    Source :Lucius Cassius Dio, Roman History 76.7.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Rhodanus (Rhône)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 2
    Year :A.D. 197
     
    Context :battle
    Motivation :political
    Application :decapitating
     
    Original Text :ὁ δ᾽ Ἀλβῖνος καταφυγὼν ἐς οἰκίαν τινὰ πρὸς τῷ Ῥοδανῷ κειμένην, ἐπειδὴ πάντα τὰ πέριξ φρουρούμενα ᾔσθετο, ἑαυτὸν ἀπέκτεινε: λέγω γὰρ οὐχ ὅσα ὁ Σεουῆρος ἔγραψεν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅσα ἀληθῶς ἐγένετο. ἰδὼν δ᾽ οὖν τὸ σῶμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ πολλὰ μὲν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς πολλὰ δὲ τῇ γλώττῃ χαρισάμενος, τὸ μὲν ἄλλο ῥιφῆναι ἐκέλευσε, τὴν δὲ κεφαλὴν ἐς τὴν Ῥώμην πέμψας ἀνεσταύρωσεν.
     
    Translation :Albinus took refuge in a house that stood beside the Rhone, but when he saw the whole place surrounded, he slew himself. I am not stating, how, what Severus wrote about it, but what actually took place. The emperor, after viewing the body of Albinus and feasting his eyes upon it to the full, while giving free rein to his tongue as well, ordered all but the head to be cast away, but sent the head to Rome to be exposed on a pole.
     
    Edition :Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-.
     
     
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    Created at :2021-04-04 : 08:33:57
    Last changed :2021-04-09 : 12:51:49
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00008712
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