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Gallienus and his army besiege a city defended by Postumus and his army.

Perpetrator (Person) :
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Gallienus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Postumus Origin: Transalpine Gaul, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
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    Level :intrasocial
    Source :Historia Augusta: The Two Gallieni 4.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 3
    Year :A.D. 265
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    siege
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :injury
     
    Original Text :contra hunc ipse Gallienus exercitum duxit; cumque urbem, in qua erat Postumus, obsidere coepisset, acriter eam defendentibus​ Gallis, Gallienus muros circumiens sagitta ictus est.
     
    Translation :Thereupon Gallienus himself led his army against him, and when he began to besiege the city in which Postumus was, the Gauls defended it bravely, and Gallienus, as he went around the walls, was struck by an arrow.
     
    Edition :Historia Augusta, Volume III: The Two Valerians. The Two Gallieni. The Thirty Pretenders. The Deified Claudius. The Deified Aurelian. Tacitus. Probus. Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus. Carus, Carinus and Numerian. Translated by David Magie. Loeb Classical Library 263. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1932.
     
     
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    Created at :2021-04-26 : 10:01:37
    Last changed :2021-05-13 : 12:03:52
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00009257
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