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Pagina 80
... Severus , the greatest general of that time ; who attained his end without a direct battle ; he fell on them separately , cut off their provisions ; and at last the whole contest was reduced to the siege of Bitter , in the eighteenth ...
... Severus , the greatest general of that time ; who attained his end without a direct battle ; he fell on them separately , cut off their provisions ; and at last the whole contest was reduced to the siege of Bitter , in the eighteenth ...
Pagina 120
... Severus , a person of considerable rank in the empire . He commanded in 164 , against the Par- thians , whom he defeated , and after considerable ravages put an end to the war . He next commanded the army in Syria , where he restored ...
... Severus , a person of considerable rank in the empire . He commanded in 164 , against the Par- thians , whom he defeated , and after considerable ravages put an end to the war . He next commanded the army in Syria , where he restored ...
Pagina 122
... Severus , assumed the name of Pertinax , and punished , with great severity , all who had been accessary to his death , disbanded the prætorian guards , pronounced his panegyric , and caused him to be ranked among the gods , appointing ...
... Severus , assumed the name of Pertinax , and punished , with great severity , all who had been accessary to his death , disbanded the prætorian guards , pronounced his panegyric , and caused him to be ranked among the gods , appointing ...
Pagina 123
... Severus , who had been declared emperor by the Pannonian legions , soon brought on the crisis of his fate . He was detested by the prætorians ; was formally deposed , and sentenced to death . He met with no compassion , but ended , like ...
... Severus , who had been declared emperor by the Pannonian legions , soon brought on the crisis of his fate . He was detested by the prætorians ; was formally deposed , and sentenced to death . He met with no compassion , but ended , like ...
Pagina 124
... Severus , as a man necessary to the state . He was afterwards raised to the consu- late at the particular request of the troops serving under him , and he was in possession of the important government of Syria , at the time of the death ...
... Severus , as a man necessary to the state . He was afterwards raised to the consu- late at the particular request of the troops serving under him , and he was in possession of the important government of Syria , at the time of the death ...
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