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Fleeing men of Arminius are killed while crossing the Weser, either by missiles, the current or each other.

Related Conflict :Germanicus' Germanic Wars, Battle of Idistaviso (Battle of the Weser)
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Roman Army of Tiberius Origin: Mixed Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Germanic Gender: Male, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: losses
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    Level :intersocial
    intrasocial
    Source :Cornelius Tacitus, Annals 2.17 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Visurgis (Weser)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :A.D. 1
    Year :A.D. 16
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
    none/accident
    Application :drowning
    throwing weapon
    Weapon :javelin
     
    Original Text :et plerosque tranare Visurgim conantis iniecta tela aut vis fluminis, postremo moles ruentium et incidentes ripae operuere.
     
    Translation :Many in attempting to swim across the Visurgis were overwhelmed under a storm of missiles or by the force of the current, lastly, by the rush of fugitives and the falling in of the banks.
     
    Edition :Annales ab excessu divi Augusti. Cornelius Tacitus. Charles Dennis Fisher. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1906.

    Complete Works of Tacitus. Tacitus. Alfred John Church. William Jackson Brodribb. Sara Bryant. edited for Perseus. New York. : Random House, Inc. Random House, Inc. reprinted 1942.
     
     
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    Created at :2024-03-17 : 11:56:43
    Last changed :2024-03-21 : 11:50:39
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00014269
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