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The defenders of Hatra inflict many losses on the army of Septimius Severus with bows and siege engines shooting several missiles at once.

Related Conflict :Siege of Hatra
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Defenders of Hatra Origin: Arabian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Septimius Severus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Lucius Septimius Severus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Lucius Cassius Dio, Roman History 76.11.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Hatra (Hatra)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 2
    Year :A.D. 198
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    siege
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Application :shooting
    Weapon :bow
    siege engines
    Long-Term Consequence :siege
    retreat
     
    Original Text :καὶ οἱ Ἀτρηνοὶ ἐξικνοῦντο μὲν καὶ ταῖς τοξείαις ἐπὶ μακρότατον ῾καὶ γὰρ ἐκ μηχανῶν βέλη τινὰ ἐξέκρουον, ὥστε πολλοὺς καὶ τῶν τοῦ Σεουήρου ὑπασπιστῶν βαλεῖν, σύνδυό τε αὐτῶν βέλη ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτὴν ῥύμην ἱέντων, πολλαῖς τε ἅμα χερσὶ καὶ πολλοῖς τοξεύμασι βαλλόντων᾽,
     
    Translation :The archery, too, of the Atreni was effective at very long range, since they hurled some of their missile by means of engines, so that they actually struck many even of Severus' guards; for they discharged two missiles at one and the same shot and there were many hands and many bows hurling the missiles all at the same time.
     
    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 :2021-04-05 : 09:09:20
    Last changed :2021-04-05 : 09:56:27
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00008796
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