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* Dexippus, Scythica, ( fragments of a lost work which is the main known source of all later Roman and Byzantine historians and chronographers ), in Die Fragmente der griechischen Historiker, entry 100, ed.
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Dexippus and Scythica
* Dexippus: Scythica which was used by Zosimus for his New hystory
Dexippus and fragments
82 ) mentions three historical works by Dexippus, of which considerable fragments remain:
Dexippus and lost
Surviving accounts of the period, including Zosimus ' New History, Zonaras ' Epitome of the Histories, George Syncellus ' Selection of Chronography, and the Augustan History, rely principally on the lost history of the Athenian Dexippus.
Dexippus and which
He still makes use of some recognized sources – Herodian up to 238, and probably Dexippus in the later books, for the entire imperial period the Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte – but the biographies are increasingly tracts of invention in which occasional nuggets of fact are embedded.
Dexippus and known
* Publius Herennius Dexippus ( c. 210 – 273 ), the Greek historian most often known as Dexippus
Dexippus and source
Despite his importance for the period, Dexippus has been declared a " poor " source by the modern historian David S. Potter.
To make matters worse, the works making use of Dexippus ( and likely another unknown contemporary source ) provide an almost radically different interpretation of events.
The Chronicle also appears to be the primary source of the Historia Augusta between 238 and 270, but Paschoud has demonstrated that the author of the Historia Augusta sometimes attributes material to Dexippus falsely, and so this evidence must be used with caution.
Dexippus and Roman
Then an Athenian militia, led by the historian Dexippus, pushed the invaders to the north where they were intercepted by the Roman army under Gallienus.
An Athenian militia force ( 2, 000 men ) under the historian Dexippus, pushed the invaders to the north where they are intercepted by the Roman army under emperor Gallienus.
Then an Athenian militia, led by the historian Dexippus, pushed the invaders to the north where they were intercepted by the Roman army under Gallienus.
* Fergus Millar ( 1969 ) " P. Herennius Dexippus: The Greek World and the Third-century Invasions ," Journal of Roman Studies 59: 12 – 29.
The tribe was mentioned by the Roman historians Publius Herennius Dexippus and Ammianus Marcellinus.
Dexippus and Byzantine
The text of Dexippus has survived only indirectly, through quotations in the fourth-century Augustan History and extracts in ninth-century Byzantine compilations.
Dexippus and ),
When the Heruli overran Greece and captured Athens ( 269 ), Dexippus showed great personal courage and revived the spirit of patriotism among his fellow-countrymen.
Dexippus and .
For the period from 238 to 270, he apparently uses Dexippus ; for the period from 270 to 404, Eunapius ; and after 407, Olympiodorus.
* Dexippus, Greek historian ( d. 273 )
According to rumours supported by Dexippus ( a contemporary Greek historian ) and the Thirteenth Sibylline Oracle, Decius ' failure was largely owing to Gallus who had conspired with the invaders.
This action of the army, and the fact that Gallus seems to have been on good terms with Decius ' family, makes Dexippus ' allegation improbable.
Claudius Salmasius pointed that Dexippus recorded the death without stating causes.
Eunapius was the author of two works, one entitled Lives of the Sophists, and the other consisting of a continuation of the history of Dexippus.
Publius Herennius Dexippus (, ca.
Photius speaks very highly of the style of Dexippus, whom he calls a second Thucydides.
* Dexippus on the Vandals and the Heruli.
His chief authorities were Annianus of Alexandria and Panodorus of Alexandria, through whom George acquired much of his knowledge of the history of Manetho ; George also relied heavily on Eusebius, Dexippus and Julius Africanus.
Gr. 73 ( Dexippus fr.
Scythica and is
In its first years, the whereabouts of IV Scythica are uncertain, although it is probable that it took part in Antony's campaign against the Parthians.
Scythica and all
IV Scythica participated in all campaigns of the 2nd century against the Parthian Empire.
Scythica and Roman
In 66, after a Zealot revolt had destroyed the Roman garrison in Jerusalem, the XII Fulminata, with vexillationes of IV Scythica and VI Ferrata, was sent to retaliate, but it was sent back by Gaius Cestius Gallus, legatus of Syria, when he saw that the legion was weak.
Map of the Roman empire in AD 125, under emperor Hadrian, showing the Legio IV Scythica, stationed on the river Euphrates at Zeugma, Commagene | Zeugma ( nr.
Legio quarta Scythica ( Fourth Scythian Legion ) was a Roman legion levied by Mark Antony around 42 BC, for his campaign against the Parthian Empire, hence its other cognomen, Parthica.
During the Roman Era, the Legio IV Scythica was camped in Zeugma.
Scythica and .
* Legions III Gallica and IV Scythica are disbanded by Elagabalus after their leaders, Verus and Gellius Maximus, rebel.
As a military man, Gordian commanded the Legio IIII Scythica when the legion was stationed in Syria.
* Karl Meuli, Scythica, 1935.
Emperor Nero ordered Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo, the new legatus of Cappadocia, to manage the matter, and Corbulo brought the IIII Scythica from Moesia, and with III Gallica and VI Ferrata defeated the Parthians, restoring Tigranes VI to the Armenian throne.
In 62, IIII Scythica and XII Fulminata, commanded by the new legate of Cappadocia, Lucius Caesennius Paetus, were defeated by the Parthians and Armenians at the battle of Rhandeia and forced to surrender.
On the obverse, the capricorn, a reference to IV Scythica, over a temple in Zeugma, camp of the legion.
After the battle of Actium and Antony's suicide, Octavian transferred IV Scythica to the Danube province of Moesia.
Corbulo brought IV Scythica from Moesia, and with III Gallica and VI Ferrata defeated the Parthians, restoring Tigranes VI on Armenian throne.
In 62, IIII Scythica and XII Fulminata, commanded by the new legate of Cappadocia, Lucius Caesennius Paetus, were defeated by the Parthians at the Battle of Rhandeia and forced to surrender.
This city would be the base camp of IV Scythica for the next century.
Despite the demonstrated loyalty, IV Scythica was not involved in actual fighting because it was not considered a high quality legion.
However, according to Notitia Dignitatum, in the early 5th century, IIII Scythica was still in Syria, camped in Sura.
* livius. org account of Legio IIII Scythica
He was IVvir monetalis, tribune of Legio IV Scythica and quaestor under Tiberius.
Herodotus, who allegedly got his information through both Greek and Scythian sources, describes them as living east of Scythia and north of the Massagetae, while the geographer Ptolemy ( VI. 16. 7 ) appears to place the trading stations of Issedon Scythica and Issedon Serica in the Tarim Basin.
On the obverse, a temple in Zeugma and the capricorn, a reference to Legio IV Scythica | Legio IV Scythica.
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