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Aurelian and his army kill 5000 Goths, including their King Cannabaudes.

Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Aurelian Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Cannabaudes Origin: Gothic, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Gothic, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Lucius Domitius Aurelianus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Historia Augusta: The Deified Aurelian 22.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Istros (Danube)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 3
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    regicide
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :campaign
     
    Original Text :Gothorum quin etiam ducem Cannaban sive Cannabaudem cum quinque milibus hominum trans Danuvium interemit.
     
    Translation :and on the other side of the Danube he even slew the leader of the Goths, Cannabas, or Cannabaudes as he is also called, and with him five thousand men.
     
    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.
     
    Remark :date: This occurred during Aurelian's march to the east against Palmyra, probably in 271/272 AD.
     
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    Created at :2021-05-01 : 10:15:59
    Last changed :2021-07-06 : 01:44:54
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00009276
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00009276