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This war he soon conducted with success, and made havoc of the <persName xml:id="recogito-e3c7dc00-0205-461d-ba13-29db8afc79d2">Persians</persName><note target="recogito-e3c7dc00-0205-461d-ba13-29db8afc79d2" resp="antonionedev">The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group that make up over half the population of Iran. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persians</note> in great battles. As he was returning, he was killed, not far from the <span xml:id="recogito-1b27403b-5404-4c44-bcab-2ba8d82eab4e">Roman</span><note target="recogito-1b27403b-5404-4c44-bcab-2ba8d82eab4e" resp="antonionedev">of the roman empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note> boundaries, by the treachery of <persName xml:id="recogito-aba1dc3a-71f2-4837-9a4c-160b0e10f825">Philip</persName><note target="recogito-aba1dc3a-71f2-4837-9a4c-160b0e10f825" resp="antonionedev">Philip the Arab (Latin: Marcus Julius Philippus 'Arabus'; c. 204 – September 249) was Roman emperor from 244 to 249. He was born in Aurantis, Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab</note> who reigned after him. The <span xml:id="recogito-00274984-bde5-4719-a246-b71be845e8eb">Roman</span><note target="recogito-00274984-bde5-4719-a246-b71be845e8eb" resp="antonionedev">of the roman empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note> soldiers raised a monument for him, twenty miles from <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893974" xml:id="recogito-88d5c303-a2c2-4523-9064-c3b997194370" cert="high">Circessus</placeName><note target="recogito-88d5c303-a2c2-4523-9064-c3b997194370" resp="antonionedev">Circesium (KERKESION, KERKISION, KIRKISIA, CERCUSIUM, CIRCESSUS), a titular see of Osrhoene. Founded under Diocletian and restored by Justinian, it is now identified with the village Abu Serai, on the left bank of the Euphrates, at the confluence of the Khabur, where the river was commonly crossed. https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/circesium</note>, which is now a fortress of the <span xml:id="recogito-e210b678-e00b-44f6-9dfd-2077ebb811ef">Romans</span><note target="recogito-e210b678-e00b-44f6-9dfd-2077ebb811ef" resp="antonionedev">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note>, overlooking the <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912849" xml:id="recogito-7e61986a-c6b7-4c38-8459-ba7709b1ce8d" cert="high">Euphrates</placeName>. His relics they brought to <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-6e352f79-8ab9-4081-9fc2-e53cc986799f" cert="high">Rome</placeName>, and gave him the title of god.</p><p>III. When <persName xml:id="recogito-58fdbc18-d97d-494f-acde-326b9f22d43a">Gordian</persName><note target="recogito-58fdbc18-d97d-494f-acde-326b9f22d43a" resp="antonionedev">Gordian III (Latin: Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 – 11 February 244 AD) was Roman emperor from AD 238 to 244. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordian_III</note> was killed, the two <span xml:id="recogito-3452cb5a-7b53-4976-b0a9-45dda18469af">PHILIPS</span><note target="recogito-3452cb5a-7b53-4976-b0a9-45dda18469af" resp="antonionedev">Philip the Arab and Philip II</note>, <span xml:id="recogito-ac24245c-0fef-428c-b033-0c51131c9d94">father</span><note target="recogito-ac24245c-0fef-428c-b033-0c51131c9d94" resp="antonionedev">Philip the Arab (Latin: Marcus Julius Philippus 'Arabus'; c. 204 – September 249) was Roman emperor from 244 to 249. He was born in Aurantis, Arabia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_the_Arab</note> and <span xml:id="recogito-0cc61e74-2864-43c6-af39-bec0481dd2e9">son</span><note target="recogito-0cc61e74-2864-43c6-af39-bec0481dd2e9" resp="antonionedev">Philip II (Latin: Marcus Julius Severus Philippus; 237 – 249), also known as Philip the Younger, was the son and heir of the Roman Emperor Philip the Arab by his wife Marcia Otacilia Severa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_(Roman_emperor)</note>, seized on the government, and, having brought off <persName xml:id="recogito-af82c7e7-9f06-4648-ae8d-4801cacdce54">the army</persName><note target="recogito-af82c7e7-9f06-4648-ae8d-4801cacdce54" resp="antonionedev">terrestrial forces of Roman governments</note> safe, set out from <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1306" xml:id="recogito-123ed101-98ce-4fd7-9a48-74224b732ed0" cert="high">Syria</placeName> for <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1052" xml:id="recogito-42fb5588-856c-4b0a-94d1-bf5312a0377a" cert="high">Italy</placeName>. In their reign the thousandth year of the city of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-37b7c962-11ee-4012-9b5c-777b328d4516" cert="high">Rome</placeName> was celebrated with games and spectacles of vast magnificence. Soon after, both of them were put to death by the <span xml:id="recogito-cee5552d-d6c0-4f5a-97ef-608a7291edf3">soldiery</span><note target="recogito-cee5552d-d6c0-4f5a-97ef-608a7291edf3" resp="antonionedev">a collective of soldiers</note>; the <span xml:id="recogito-167d88b1-5172-4eda-80d0-67e8c7ffc9c2">elder Philip</span><note target="recogito-167d88b1-5172-4eda-80d0-67e8c7ffc9c2" resp="antonionedev">Philip the Arab at an old age.</note> at Verona, <span xml:id="recogito-a7065797-a15a-41f7-8c6b-e592bafb6610">the younger</span><note target="recogito-a7065797-a15a-41f7-8c6b-e592bafb6610" resp="antonionedev">Philip II (Latin: Marcus Julius Severus Philippus; 237 – 249), also known as Philip the Younger, was the son and heir of the Roman Emperor Philip the Arab by his wife Marcia Otacilia Severa. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_(Roman_emperor)</note> at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-362412c4-7357-47a7-81d3-cdf6264cb952" cert="high">Rome</placeName>. They reigned but five years. They were however ranked among the gods.</p><p>IV. After these, <persName xml:id="recogito-1ce14f48-9641-4456-9a55-eba8f2d4b2b7">DECIUS</persName><note target="recogito-1ce14f48-9641-4456-9a55-eba8f2d4b2b7" resp="antonionedev">Trajan Decius (/ˈtreɪdʒən ˈdiːʃəs, ˈdɛʃəs/; Latin: Gaius Messius Quintus Traianus Decius; c. 201 – June 251) was Roman emperor from 249 to 251. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decius</note>, a native of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981540" xml:id="recogito-aace3c30-4f55-4b71-95f2-f535f635b3db" cert="high">Lower Pannonia</placeName><note target="recogito-aace3c30-4f55-4b71-95f2-f535f635b3db" resp="antonionedev">Pannonia Inferior, lit. Lower Pannonia, was a province of the Roman Empire. Its capital was Sirmium. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia_Inferior</note>, born at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/206995" xml:id="recogito-4edff157-1c17-446c-b074-c17c873943d0" cert="high">Budalia</placeName>, assumed the government. He suppressed a civil war which had been raised in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-47090b09-f1aa-4beb-b89f-ba60f31c0861" cert="high">Gaul</placeName><note target="recogito-47090b09-f1aa-4beb-b89f-ba60f31c0861" resp="antonionedev">Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, particularly the west bank of the Rhine. It covered an area of 494,000 km2 (191,000 sq mi). According to Julius Caesar, Gaul was divided into three parts: Gallia Celtica, Belgica, and Aquitania.</note>. <span xml:id="recogito-e2b2ac9e-ae60-4996-b101-52dd371232d2">He created his son Caesar</span><note target="recogito-e2b2ac9e-ae60-4996-b101-52dd371232d2" resp="antonionedev">According to wikipedia, he elevated his son Hostilian to Caesar in may 251, while his other son (Herennius) was bestowed the title in 250 without mention of whether his father was the one who did it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostilian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herennius_Etruscus</note>. He built a bath at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-9f24805b-ae94-4823-ab0a-a4b7da5c0293" cert="high">Rome</placeName>. When <span xml:id="recogito-a251e2a8-553d-40f8-b310-4a33435733d9">he and his son</span><note target="recogito-a251e2a8-553d-40f8-b310-4a33435733d9" resp="antonionedev">Trajan Decius and Herennius Etruscus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decius https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herennius_Etruscus</note> had reigned two years, they were both killed in the <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/216688" xml:id="recogito-be26c2f6-1f45-441c-ac0d-6be209533158" cert="high">country of the Barbarians</placeName><note target="recogito-be26c2f6-1f45-441c-ac0d-6be209533158" resp="antonionedev">There is no specific &quot;country of the Barbarians&quot;, it's what the Romans called lands outside of the Roman Empire (according to wikipedia). The mentioned battle took place in Abritus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Abritus</note>, and enrolled among the gods.</p><p>V. Immediately after, <persName xml:id="recogito-7f784b52-88b3-4776-b3a1-f554f65fe22b">GALLUS</persName><note target="recogito-7f784b52-88b3-4776-b3a1-f554f65fe22b" resp="antonionedev">Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (206 – August 253) was Roman emperor from June 251 to August 253 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebonianus_Gallus</note>, <persName xml:id="recogito-db9638a7-5419-49d6-b157-c79211d9a17f">HOSTILIANUS</persName><note target="recogito-db9638a7-5419-49d6-b157-c79211d9a17f" resp="antonionedev">Hostilian (Latin: Gaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus; died November 251) was Roman emperor from July to November 251. Hostilian was born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla at an unknown datehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostilian</note>, and <persName xml:id="recogito-edeb7bbf-146a-4c19-adba-43933b0927a4">VOLUSIANUS</persName><note target="recogito-edeb7bbf-146a-4c19-adba-43933b0927a4" resp="antonionedev">Volusianus (Gaius Vibius Volusianus; died August 253) was a Roman emperor from November 251 to August 253 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volusianus</note> the son of <persName xml:id="recogito-d3ac176e-a7a2-4ecd-aff1-319f4fbf5007">Gallus</persName><note target="recogito-d3ac176e-a7a2-4ecd-aff1-319f4fbf5007" resp="antonionedev">Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus (206 – August 253) was Roman emperor from June 251 to August 253 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebonianus_Gallus</note>, were created <span xml:id="recogito-02ff9e2d-fda2-4893-9dca-8435b963c58f">emperor</span><note target="recogito-02ff9e2d-fda2-4893-9dca-8435b963c58f" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note>s. In their reign <persName xml:id="recogito-e78b4a13-e2ee-434a-8275-c026b4251b42">Aemilianus</persName><note target="recogito-e78b4a13-e2ee-434a-8275-c026b4251b42" resp="antonionedev">Aemilianus (Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus; c. 207/213 – September 253), also known as Aemilian, was Roman emperor for three months in 253. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aemilianus</note> attempted an <span xml:id="recogito-fb06e911-61c7-4cd7-a21e-ebb7aaaa5557">insurrection</span><note target="recogito-fb06e911-61c7-4cd7-a21e-ebb7aaaa5557" resp="antonionedev">a violent uprising against an authority or government</note> in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981535" xml:id="recogito-b17bca2c-fda1-43da-9b5d-9f84b42efe4a" cert="high">Moesia</placeName>; and both 60 of them, setting out to stop his progress, were slain at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413178" xml:id="recogito-2598a46e-6de8-45a2-9b99-4429548fcaa7" cert="high">Interamna</placeName>, when they had not quite completed a reign of two years. They did nothing of any account. Their reign was remarkable only for a pestilence, and for other diseases and afflictions.</p><p>VI. <persName xml:id="recogito-f791c92b-1bd9-4edb-90cd-0c914cd9ccd6">AEMILIANUS</persName><note target="recogito-f791c92b-1bd9-4edb-90cd-0c914cd9ccd6" resp="antonionedev">Aemilianus (Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus; c. 207/213 – September 253), also known as Aemilian, was Roman emperor for three months in 253. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aemilianus</note> was little distinguished by birth, and less distinguished by his reign, in the third month of which he was cut off. 61</p><p>VII. <persName xml:id="recogito-d41a264d-a76e-4cfd-b56b-277e729f88a6">LICINIUS VALERIAN</persName><note target="recogito-d41a264d-a76e-4cfd-b56b-277e729f88a6" resp="antonionedev">Valerian (/vəˈlɪəriən/; Latin: Publius Licinius Valerianus; c. 199 – 260 or 264) was Roman emperor from 22 October 253 to spring 260 AD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_(emperor)</note>, who was then employed in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/688514720" xml:id="recogito-d36714b7-1b30-4096-a9c5-fe7e41b6561f" cert="high">Rhaetia</placeName> and <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981538" xml:id="recogito-882c8870-6897-44c3-a764-b45a638181b1" cert="high">Noricum</placeName>, was next made general by <span xml:id="recogito-8b635073-ef87-48aa-98b7-f9032d0d6670">the army</span><note target="recogito-8b635073-ef87-48aa-98b7-f9032d0d6670" resp="antonionedev">terrestrial forces of Roman governments</note>, and soon after <span xml:id="recogito-ada9397a-58fb-41e1-a1d0-6cc30930f67d">emperor</span><note target="recogito-ada9397a-58fb-41e1-a1d0-6cc30930f67d" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note>. <persName xml:id="recogito-d226d296-1bbb-483a-b13d-977e9fdeeeaf">GALLIENUS</persName><note target="recogito-d226d296-1bbb-483a-b13d-977e9fdeeeaf" resp="antonionedev">Gallienus (/ˌɡæliˈɛnəs/; Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 22 October 253 to spring 260 and alone from spring 260 to September 268. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallienus</note> also received the title of <span xml:id="recogito-9315b49f-1251-4e80-9b51-1cd62c5d4391">Caesar</span><note target="recogito-9315b49f-1251-4e80-9b51-1cd62c5d4391" resp="antonionedev">Caesar (Latin: [ˈkae̯.sar]English pl. Caesars; Latin pl. Caesares; in Greek: Καῖσᾰρ Kaîsar) is a title of imperial character. It derives from the cognomen of Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator. The change from being a familial name to a title adopted by the Roman Emperors can be dated to about 68/69 AD, the so-called &quot;Year of the Four Emperors&quot;. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(title)</note> from the <span xml:id="recogito-068e0269-ba2d-44f3-947a-5d99e4748d86">senate</span><note target="recogito-068e0269-ba2d-44f3-947a-5d99e4748d86" resp="antonionedev">type of legislative body, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature</note> at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-3d5aa23c-571a-4650-9113-dd89603128c2" cert="high">Rome</placeName>. The reign of these <span xml:id="recogito-c39c03d6-abc5-4619-8125-2a984fa0f3ea">prince</span><note target="recogito-c39c03d6-abc5-4619-8125-2a984fa0f3ea" resp="antonionedev">son of a prince, king, queen, emperor or empress, or other high-ranking person</note>s was |519 injurious, and almost fatal, to the <span xml:id="recogito-26b382f3-8367-4aaf-bcd8-9038af2a643f">Roman</span><note target="recogito-26b382f3-8367-4aaf-bcd8-9038af2a643f" resp="antonionedev">of the roman empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note> name, either through their ill-fortune or want of energy. The <span xml:id="recogito-f313294f-7274-4672-881b-957e76335dbe">Germans</span><note target="recogito-f313294f-7274-4672-881b-957e76335dbe" resp="antonionedev">people of German descent</note> advanced as far as <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/393480" xml:id="recogito-b3ef0d70-0604-4ee0-b561-f7e7bf554087" cert="high">Ravenna</placeName>. <persName xml:id="recogito-cb2974c0-d510-4c21-aa70-c36f68b39680">Valerian</persName><note target="recogito-cb2974c0-d510-4c21-aa70-c36f68b39680" resp="antonionedev">Valerian (/vəˈlɪəriən/; Latin: Publius Licinius Valerianus; c. 199 – 260 or 264) was Roman emperor from 22 October 253 to spring 260 AD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_(emperor)</note>, while he was occupied in a war in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874602" xml:id="recogito-afb13a06-3558-4931-a4c6-6f7695e03e9c" cert="high">Mesopotamia</placeName>, was overthrown by <persName xml:id="recogito-82ecff95-4be1-4989-9e0f-c074068f7781">Sapor king of Persia</persName><note target="recogito-82ecff95-4be1-4989-9e0f-c074068f7781" resp="antonionedev">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapur_I ???</note>, and being soon after made prisoner, grew old in ignominious slavery among the <span xml:id="recogito-50f7c519-6212-4128-ba2d-2682378353ca">Parthians</span><note target="recogito-50f7c519-6212-4128-ba2d-2682378353ca" resp="antonionedev">The Parthian Empire (/ˈpɑːrθiən/; 247 BC – 224 AD), also known as the Arsacid Empire (/ˈɑːrsəsɪd/), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_Empire</note>.</p><p>VIII. <persName xml:id="recogito-d6893055-dcd9-4c91-bd49-eb8b1eb8c2ff">Gallienus</persName><note target="recogito-d6893055-dcd9-4c91-bd49-eb8b1eb8c2ff" resp="antonionedev">Gallienus (/ˌɡæliˈɛnəs/; Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 22 October 253 to spring 260 and alone from spring 260 to September 268. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallienus</note>, who was made <span xml:id="recogito-e6c2332b-1d71-4cb2-ad24-fa11b4e99407">emperor</span><note target="recogito-e6c2332b-1d71-4cb2-ad24-fa11b4e99407" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note> when quite a young man, exercised his power at first happily, afterwards fairly, and at last mischievously. In his youth he performed many gallant acts in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-f48548df-b886-4378-a77b-e726019e5526" cert="high">Gaul</placeName><note target="recogito-f48548df-b886-4378-a77b-e726019e5526" resp="antonionedev">Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, particularly the west bank of the Rhine. It covered an area of 494,000 km2 (191,000 sq mi). According to Julius Caesar, Gaul was divided into three parts: Gallia Celtica, Belgica, and Aquitania.</note> and <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481865" xml:id="recogito-230efd95-4200-4264-b23b-cd081a9fc9d8" cert="high">Illyricum</placeName>, killing <persName xml:id="recogito-4c8fca58-8951-44d8-be3a-47b40fa71b5f">Ingenuus</persName><note target="recogito-4c8fca58-8951-44d8-be3a-47b40fa71b5f" resp="antonionedev">Ingenuus was a Roman military commander, the imperial legate in Pannonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenuus</note>, who had assumed the purple, at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/197389" xml:id="recogito-2bb88b04-fce5-4651-9606-70918b92a68a" cert="high">Mursa</placeName>, and <persName xml:id="recogito-9be98aea-81a0-42bd-b771-1021c84ceee0">Regalianus</persName><note target="recogito-9be98aea-81a0-42bd-b771-1021c84ceee0" resp="antonionedev">P. C(assius?) Regalianus (died 260) was a Dacian general] who turned against the Roman Empire and became himself emperor for a brief period, being murdered by the hands who raised him to power.</note>. He was then for a long time quiet and gentle; afterwards, abandoning himself to all manner of licentiousness, he relaxed the reins of government with disgraceful inactivity and carelesness. The <span xml:id="recogito-5e88f4ec-f87c-4594-a4d2-5e22fbdf2668">Alemanni</span><note target="recogito-5e88f4ec-f87c-4594-a4d2-5e22fbdf2668" resp="antonionedev">The Alemanni (also Alamanni; Suebi &quot;Swabians&quot;) were a confederation of Germanic tribes on the Upper Rhine River. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alemanni</note>, having laid waste <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-73613a29-cdb3-4eb9-9f2e-83f10fe4aef4" cert="high">Gaul</placeName><note target="recogito-73613a29-cdb3-4eb9-9f2e-83f10fe4aef4" resp="antonionedev">Gaul (Latin: Gallia) was a region of Western Europe first described by the Romans. It was inhabited by Celtic tribes, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy, the Netherlands, and Germany, particularly the west bank of the Rhine. It covered an area of 494,000 km2 (191,000 sq mi). According to Julius Caesar, Gaul was divided into three parts: Gallia Celtica, Belgica, and Aquitania.</note>, penetrated into <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1052" xml:id="recogito-48c2c7d4-47f1-4131-84d7-b2b6672c8407" cert="high">Italy</placeName>. <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207065" xml:id="recogito-d3ce5df9-820a-4470-b47a-03c45d48034c" cert="high">Dacia</placeName>, which had been added to the <span xml:id="recogito-65855a13-3ef5-4e17-89a5-a583b62a7b80">empire</span><note target="recogito-65855a13-3ef5-4e17-89a5-a583b62a7b80" resp="antonionedev">geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a central authority or a central figure</note> beyond the <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226577" xml:id="recogito-51a3629e-0ce3-46e2-84d1-606e5654be56" cert="high">Danube</placeName>, was lost. <placeName ref="http://sws.geonames.org/390903" xml:id="recogito-836716a2-b901-46cf-a1a7-007e95f4b7de" cert="high">Greece</placeName>, <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491656" xml:id="recogito-d43e8921-167e-436a-9aff-2affd39c1837" cert="high">Macedonia</placeName>, <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857287" xml:id="recogito-5475ae1e-8db8-48f7-8319-c96deccd6dc8" cert="high">Pontus</placeName>, <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981509" xml:id="recogito-f598ba4e-2508-45e7-8482-aea7f707a885" cert="high">Asia</placeName>, were devastated by the <span xml:id="recogito-91323b8c-ae28-493d-a0c6-7bf53fe12f25">Goths</span><note target="recogito-91323b8c-ae28-493d-a0c6-7bf53fe12f25" resp="antonionedev">The Goths (Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, romanized: Gutþiuda; Latin: Gothi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths</note><note target="recogito-91323b8c-ae28-493d-a0c6-7bf53fe12f25" resp="antonionedev">The Goths (Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, romanized: Gutþiuda; Latin: Gothi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths</note>. Pannonia was depopulated by the <span xml:id="recogito-ddb93ace-868c-4bf7-905b-9d632e30738c">Sarmatians</span><note target="recogito-ddb93ace-868c-4bf7-905b-9d632e30738c" resp="antonionedev">The Sarmatians (/sɑːrˈmeɪʃiənz/; Greek: Σαρμάται, Σαυρομάται; Latin: Sarmatae [ˈsar.mat̪ae̯], Sauromatae [sau̯ˈrɔmat̪ae̯]) were a large Iranian confederation that existed in classical antiquity, flourishing from about the 5th century BC to the 4th century AD. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarmatians</note> and <span xml:id="recogito-84e6fb78-9261-4c83-9471-004ae5708f13">Quadi</span><note target="recogito-84e6fb78-9261-4c83-9471-004ae5708f13" resp="antonionedev">The Quadi were an early Germanic people who lived approximately in the area of modern Moravia in the time of the Roman Empire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadi</note>. The <span xml:id="recogito-8bf1ce26-7d19-4ebb-b6e1-2cbb9aafedc8">Germans</span><note target="recogito-8bf1ce26-7d19-4ebb-b6e1-2cbb9aafedc8" resp="antonionedev">people of German descent</note> made their way as far as <placeName ref="http://sws.geonames.org/2510769" xml:id="recogito-288ef5fb-e3be-41aa-987a-e1c8323c2d49" cert="high">Spain</placeName>, and took the noble city of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/246349" xml:id="recogito-37d6c909-288f-4f07-9a56-ff89510aa1a4" cert="high">Tarraco</placeName>. The <span xml:id="recogito-3d4aaace-918d-4688-a426-9da34e7fe0df">Parthians</span><note target="recogito-3d4aaace-918d-4688-a426-9da34e7fe0df" resp="antonionedev">The Parthian Empire (/ˈpɑːrθiən/; 247 BC – 224 AD), also known as the Arsacid Empire (/ˈɑːrsəsɪd/), was a major Iranian political and cultural power in ancient Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthian_Empire</note>, after taking possession of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874602" xml:id="recogito-78756945-fb8b-4253-bf8d-0e70dacbe8e4" cert="high">Mesopotamia</placeName>, began to bring <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1306" xml:id="recogito-6e3fdc1e-f318-427e-ab43-2023fd928d83" cert="high">Syria</placeName> under their power.</p><p>IX. When affairs were in this desperate condition, and the <span xml:id="recogito-4a2c5862-56aa-4412-bd5f-d2ee17ad6e2a">Roman</span><note target="recogito-4a2c5862-56aa-4412-bd5f-d2ee17ad6e2a" resp="antonionedev">of the roman empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note> <span xml:id="recogito-2151a8db-ff03-4b3f-be39-03602e6068c2">empire</span><note target="recogito-2151a8db-ff03-4b3f-be39-03602e6068c2" resp="antonionedev">geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a central authority or a central figure</note> almost ruined, <persName xml:id="recogito-25eb6765-ef18-445c-99f1-0fdba0163317">POSTUMUS</persName><note target="recogito-25eb6765-ef18-445c-99f1-0fdba0163317" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman commander of Batavian origin who ruled as Emperor in the West. The Roman army in Gaul threw off its allegiance to Gallienus around the year 260, and Postumus assumed the title and powers of Emperor in the provinces of Gaul, Germania, Britannia and Hispania, thereby founding what scholars have dubbed the Gallic Empire.</note>, a man of very obscure birth, assumed the purple in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-37a4be84-adcf-492f-ac61-4ff98fee5714" cert="high">Gaul</placeName>, and held the government with such ability for ten years, that he recruited the provinces, which had been almost ruined, by his great energy and judgment; but he was killed in a mutiny of <span xml:id="recogito-80f60cc0-214f-4385-9d47-acce8d7bc5ca">the army</span><note target="recogito-80f60cc0-214f-4385-9d47-acce8d7bc5ca" resp="antonionedev">terrestrial forces of Roman governments</note>, because he would not deliver up <placeName ref="http://geo-kima.org/place/645" xml:id="recogito-3b5338b1-311d-4ee3-9090-02f5be9a4549" cert="high">Moguntiacum</placeName>, which had rebelled against him, to be plundered by the soldiers, at the time when <persName xml:id="recogito-ddaaa7ba-f65b-4496-9a2d-cdc3bf10423b">Lucius Aelianus</persName><note target="recogito-ddaaa7ba-f65b-4496-9a2d-cdc3bf10423b" resp="antonionedev">Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus (c. 45 – 81/96) was a Roman senator, described by Brian W. Jones as &quot;the most eminent of the consular victims&quot; of Domitian. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Aelius_Lamia_Plautius_Aelianus</note> was endeavouring to effect a change of government.</p><p>After him <persName xml:id="recogito-35ca4f46-6f40-44b8-8702-f58946ae611f">Marius</persName><note target="recogito-35ca4f46-6f40-44b8-8702-f58946ae611f" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Aurelius Marius was emperor of the Gallic Empire in 269 following the assassination of Postumus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Aurelius_Marius</note>, a contemptible mechanic,63 assumed the purple, and was killed two days after. <persName xml:id="recogito-10bd98aa-b984-4981-8698-7f30dc39fd55">Victorinus</persName><note target="recogito-10bd98aa-b984-4981-8698-7f30dc39fd55" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Piavonius Victorinus  was emperor in the Gallic provinces from 268 to 270 or 269 to 271, following the brief reign of Marius. He was murdered by a jealous husband whose wife he tried to seduce. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorinus</note> then took on himself the government of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-5f7e4809-7610-40b5-b5b7-98d54f93ddfa" cert="high">Gaul</placeName>; a man of great energy; but, as he was abandoned to excessive licentiousness, and corrupted other men's wives, he was assassinated at |520 Agrippina,64 in the second year of his reign, one of his secretaries having contrived a plot against him.</p><p>X. To him succeeded <persName xml:id="recogito-64a4d7af-10b2-427e-a6c8-e55c2fe95923">Tetricus</persName><note target="recogito-64a4d7af-10b2-427e-a6c8-e55c2fe95923" resp="antonionedev">Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetricus_I</note>, a senator, who, when he was governing <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981505" xml:id="recogito-d3942aaf-a066-4a3e-bda0-3dccc9472074" cert="high">Aquitania</placeName> with the title of prefect, was chosen <span xml:id="recogito-1b6829d9-6af3-4e89-a591-9348980c1c43">emperor</span><note target="recogito-1b6829d9-6af3-4e89-a591-9348980c1c43" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note> in his absence, and assumed the purple at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/138248" xml:id="recogito-13d97b74-4d28-4865-ab9d-a829fd708053" cert="high">Bourdeaux</placeName>. He had to endure many insurrections among <span xml:id="recogito-2aae0774-9f01-411b-890c-bff9a2861e2a">the soldiery</span><note target="recogito-2aae0774-9f01-411b-890c-bff9a2861e2a" resp="antonionedev">a collective of soldiers</note>. But while these transactions were passing in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-b44f3aa1-7312-4667-852d-459c2710b8bc" cert="high">Gaul</placeName>, the Persians, in the east, were overthrown by <persName xml:id="recogito-c03cea9b-0d21-4565-b274-ab9feef172de">Odenathus</persName><note target="recogito-c03cea9b-0d21-4565-b274-ab9feef172de" resp="antonionedev">Septimius Odaenathus (Palmyrene: Dynt.png ['Dynt (Odainat)]; Arabic: أذينة‎ [Uḏaina]; c. 220 – 267) was the founder king (Mlk) of the Palmyrene Kingdom who ruled from Palmyra, Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaenathus</note>, who, having defended <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/1306" xml:id="recogito-c94b0863-f421-4fb7-9886-07a62edbbdfb" cert="high">Syria</placeName> and recovered <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874602" xml:id="recogito-17f87d82-05a5-47e3-b0e2-efd2bae8560c" cert="high">Mesopotamia</placeName>, penetrated into the country as far as <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893976" xml:id="recogito-c7ac4b2c-60dd-424e-a9df-e1d586b02f4f" cert="high">Ctesiphon</placeName>.</p><p>XI. Thus, while <persName xml:id="recogito-7023ac85-cc64-481f-8254-10dba1128acf">Gallienus</persName><note target="recogito-7023ac85-cc64-481f-8254-10dba1128acf" resp="antonionedev">Gallienus (/ˌɡæliˈɛnəs/; Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 22 October 253 to spring 260 and alone from spring 260 to September 268. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallienus</note> abandoned the government, the <span xml:id="recogito-d94b4396-8fde-45ac-97c0-ac941aa434de">Roman</span><note target="recogito-d94b4396-8fde-45ac-97c0-ac941aa434de" resp="antonionedev">of the roman empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note> <span xml:id="recogito-dbd6f88f-f519-4c54-97df-205027537266">empire</span><note target="recogito-dbd6f88f-f519-4c54-97df-205027537266" resp="antonionedev">geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a central authority or a central figure</note> was saved in the west by <persName xml:id="recogito-5dddaa5c-f70d-4d9f-8676-8e554138709a">Posthumus</persName><note target="recogito-5dddaa5c-f70d-4d9f-8676-8e554138709a" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Cassianius Latinius Postumus was a Roman commander of Batavian origin who ruled as Emperor in the West. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postumus</note>, and in the east by <persName xml:id="recogito-2f144c98-758b-4f54-94cd-2ae67d096ab0">Odenathus</persName><note target="recogito-2f144c98-758b-4f54-94cd-2ae67d096ab0" resp="antonionedev">Septimius Odaenathus (Palmyrene: Dynt.png ['Dynt (Odainat)]; Arabic: أذينة‎ [Uḏaina]; c. 220 – 267) was the founder king (Mlk) of the Palmyrene Kingdom who ruled from Palmyra, Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaenathus</note>. Meanwhile <persName xml:id="recogito-e6fe6325-6219-4c7e-8614-d83e38d22b56">Gallienus</persName><note target="recogito-e6fe6325-6219-4c7e-8614-d83e38d22b56" resp="antonionedev">Gallienus (/ˌɡæliˈɛnəs/; Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 22 October 253 to spring 260 and alone from spring 260 to September 268. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallienus</note> was killed at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/383706" xml:id="recogito-fde4db5b-7873-4f40-9b08-9d2b4cd90302" cert="high">Milan</placeName>, together with his brother, in the ninth year of his reign, and <persName xml:id="recogito-e30e021d-84be-4610-a85c-6a058813eb8a">CLAUDIUS</persName><note target="recogito-e30e021d-84be-4610-a85c-6a058813eb8a" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Aurelius Claudius 'Gothicus' (10 May 214 – January 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Gothicus</note> succeeded him, being chosen by the soldiers, and declared <span xml:id="recogito-68e5aab3-815a-4d1b-94c9-55ba0088a523">emperor</span><note target="recogito-68e5aab3-815a-4d1b-94c9-55ba0088a523" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note> by the <span xml:id="recogito-b1a56e62-4689-454b-bf66-ea4a22df7458">senate</span><note target="recogito-b1a56e62-4689-454b-bf66-ea4a22df7458" resp="antonionedev">type of legislative body, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature</note>. <persName xml:id="recogito-4dc47857-73c7-4e61-a0b3-c6af57a46500">Claudius</persName><note target="recogito-4dc47857-73c7-4e61-a0b3-c6af57a46500" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Aurelius Claudius 'Gothicus' (10 May 214 – January 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Gothicus</note> defeated the <span xml:id="recogito-a78f0e40-4897-42bb-91f3-a435acdfc1a2">Goths</span><note target="recogito-a78f0e40-4897-42bb-91f3-a435acdfc1a2" resp="antonionedev">The Goths (Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, romanized: Gutþiuda; Latin: Gothi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths</note>, who were laying waste <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481865" xml:id="recogito-c7784161-1e14-45c5-b40b-984122c246ab" cert="high">Illyricum</placeName> and <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/491656" xml:id="recogito-530d95e7-89d8-4b8f-8e01-e4444ad2cf67" cert="high">Macedonia</placeName>, in a great battle. He was a frugal and modest man, strictly observant of justice, and well qualified for governing the <span xml:id="recogito-55ed03e1-fb5e-4cf8-a63b-2e50ef762bc2">empire</span><note target="recogito-55ed03e1-fb5e-4cf8-a63b-2e50ef762bc2" resp="antonionedev">geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a central authority or a central figure</note>. He was however carried off by disease within two years after he began to reign, and had the title of a god. The <span xml:id="recogito-d5561ee8-e80f-42f5-a532-429ab9e53b5e">senate</span><note target="recogito-d5561ee8-e80f-42f5-a532-429ab9e53b5e" resp="antonionedev">type of legislative body, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature</note> honoured him with extraordinary distinctions, insomuch that a golden shield was hung up to him in the <span xml:id="recogito-5c39bf93-130f-4e7b-a481-4255258052f4">senate</span><note target="recogito-5c39bf93-130f-4e7b-a481-4255258052f4" resp="antonionedev">type of legislative body, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature</note> house, and a golden statue erected to him in the Capitol.</p><p>XII. After him <persName xml:id="recogito-fffd43a5-0267-4c45-b01b-5cc08aef27db">QUINTILLUS</persName><note target="recogito-fffd43a5-0267-4c45-b01b-5cc08aef27db" resp="antonionedev">Quintillus (Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus; died April 270) was Roman emperor for a few months in 270. He was a brother of Claudius Gothicus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintillus</note>, the brother of <persName xml:id="recogito-16c103b0-6897-4b38-a2dd-a2655bde5450">Claudius</persName><note target="recogito-16c103b0-6897-4b38-a2dd-a2655bde5450" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Aurelius Claudius 'Gothicus' (10 May 214 – January 270), also known as Claudius II, was Roman emperor from 268 to 270. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Gothicus</note>, was elected <span xml:id="recogito-4b462cf2-db1f-4ef5-b0a8-683802fa1e52">emperor</span><note target="recogito-4b462cf2-db1f-4ef5-b0a8-683802fa1e52" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note> by agreement among the soldiers, a man of singular moderation and aptitude for governing, comparable, or perhaps superior, to his brother. He received the title of <span xml:id="recogito-361bc493-41a1-4623-8b9b-f62b2a9c6f7a">emperor</span><note target="recogito-361bc493-41a1-4623-8b9b-f62b2a9c6f7a" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note> with the consent of the <span xml:id="recogito-58043677-e651-497f-9469-49cfd948c9df">senate</span><note target="recogito-58043677-e651-497f-9469-49cfd948c9df" resp="antonionedev">type of legislative body, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature</note>, and was killed on the seventeenth day of his reign.</p><p>XIII. After his death <persName xml:id="recogito-7af72570-9619-401a-9bc3-512a37787f3c">AURELIAN</persName><note target="recogito-7af72570-9619-401a-9bc3-512a37787f3c" resp="antonionedev">Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian</note> succeeded to the throne. He was born in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/991366" xml:id="recogito-607d57ef-14a3-4c6f-9b77-55c8d8c6e23d" cert="high">Dacia Ripensis</placeName>, and was a man of ability in war, but of an ungovernable temper, and too much inclined to cruelty. He defeated the <span xml:id="recogito-d1a0c1d6-b83b-483e-989e-80f853fc9904">Goths</span><note target="recogito-d1a0c1d6-b83b-483e-989e-80f853fc9904" resp="antonionedev">The Goths (Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, romanized: Gutþiuda; Latin: Gothi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths</note><note target="recogito-d1a0c1d6-b83b-483e-989e-80f853fc9904" resp="antonionedev">The Goths (Gothic: 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, romanized: Gutþiuda; Latin: Gothi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths</note> with great vigour, and extended the <span xml:id="recogito-3e2806a3-6614-441b-bd38-0182e4d68f5c">Roman empire</span><note target="recogito-3e2806a3-6614-441b-bd38-0182e4d68f5c" resp="antonionedev">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note>, by various successes in the field, to its former limits. He overthrew <persName xml:id="recogito-311f2913-90f3-4380-b674-1aef786969f5">Tetricus</persName><note target="recogito-311f2913-90f3-4380-b674-1aef786969f5" resp="antonionedev">Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetricus_I</note> at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/108868" xml:id="recogito-cce70251-f1b2-4aa4-b81d-05ba7a2eb2c6" cert="high">Catalauni</placeName> 65  |521 in <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-0045b703-c2be-4e73-a5da-f595a55166d6" cert="high">Gaul</placeName>, <persName xml:id="recogito-54513217-de34-450d-b81d-e43e1be73976">Tetricus</persName><note target="recogito-54513217-de34-450d-b81d-e43e1be73976" resp="antonionedev">Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetricus_I</note> himself, indeed, betraying his own army, whose constant mutinies he was unable to bear; and he had even by secret letters entreated <persName xml:id="recogito-f3b32fc3-eb13-401d-91cd-bce24cddabf8">Aurelian</persName><note target="recogito-f3b32fc3-eb13-401d-91cd-bce24cddabf8" resp="antonionedev">Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian</note> to march towards him, using, among other solicitations, the verse of <persName xml:id="recogito-b0c0590d-9031-4cb6-830b-1417025df901">Virgil</persName><note target="recogito-b0c0590d-9031-4cb6-830b-1417025df901" resp="antonionedev">Publius Vergilius Maro (Classical Latin: [ˈpuːbli.ʊs wɛrˈɡɪli.ʊs ˈmaroː]; traditional dates 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC),[1] usually called Virgil or Vergil (/ˈvɜːrdʒɪl/ VUR-jil) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil</note>:----</p><p><span xml:id="recogito-dff3e258-04b2-4585-a042-a1225345aef2">Eripe me his, invicte, malis. 
Unconquer'd hero, free me from these ills.</span><note target="recogito-dff3e258-04b2-4585-a042-a1225345aef2" resp="antonionedev">It is the prayer that Palinuro addresses to Aeneas when he meets him in Hades , where he had gone down with the Sibyl , so that he may take him out of eternal pains and lead him back to the world of the living. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eripe_me_his,_invicte,_malis</note></p><p>He also took prisoner <persName xml:id="recogito-04e47d9c-4118-433e-b729-a7499bd1e007">Zenobia</persName><note target="recogito-04e47d9c-4118-433e-b729-a7499bd1e007" resp="antonionedev">Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene: From right to left, letters BETH, TAW, ZAYIN, BETH, YODH: 𐡡𐡶𐡦𐡡𐡩 (Btzby), pronounced Bat-Zabbai; c. 240 – c. 274 AD) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia</note>, who, having killed her husband <persName xml:id="recogito-50598b75-88b3-4c96-bd92-e7ad3b4b842f">Odenathus</persName><note target="recogito-50598b75-88b3-4c96-bd92-e7ad3b4b842f" resp="antonionedev">Septimius Odaenathus (Palmyrene: Dynt.png ['Dynt (Odainat)]; Arabic: أذينة‎ [Uḏaina]; c. 220 – 267) was the founder king (Mlk) of the Palmyrene Kingdom who ruled from Palmyra, Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odaenathus</note>, was mistress of the east, in a battle of no great importance near <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658381" xml:id="recogito-598381e1-8a0a-48e0-89ea-a85d40f09cc7" cert="high">Antioch</placeName>, and, entering <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-c05c5466-2e73-4b57-a9c4-fabcff1e3b54" cert="high">Rome</placeName>, celebrated a magnificent triumph, as recoverer of the east and the west, <persName xml:id="recogito-56bafd4a-40fe-4cef-bed2-28171d3d19fa">Tetricus</persName><note target="recogito-56bafd4a-40fe-4cef-bed2-28171d3d19fa" resp="antonionedev">Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetricus_I</note> 66 and <persName xml:id="recogito-24655d43-13c3-4d86-b1eb-00802001c314">Zenobia</persName><note target="recogito-24655d43-13c3-4d86-b1eb-00802001c314" resp="antonionedev">Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene: From right to left, letters BETH, TAW, ZAYIN, BETH, YODH: 𐡡𐡶𐡦𐡡𐡩 (Btzby), pronounced Bat-Zabbai; c. 240 – c. 274 AD) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia</note> going before his chariot. This <persName xml:id="recogito-7172b3bb-0b43-4bd3-bc83-fb813dca8420">Tetricus</persName><note target="recogito-7172b3bb-0b43-4bd3-bc83-fb813dca8420" resp="antonionedev">Gaius Pius Esuvius Tetricus was the emperor of the Gallic Empire from 271 to 274. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetricus_I</note> was afterwards governor of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/442639" xml:id="recogito-30c5bb66-b99c-41e9-8ba1-6243a1970589" cert="high">Lucania</placeName>, and lived long after he was divested of the purple. <persName xml:id="recogito-77fc4d86-f870-439f-8119-641cb3939654">Zenobia</persName><note target="recogito-77fc4d86-f870-439f-8119-641cb3939654" resp="antonionedev">Septimia Zenobia (Palmyrene: From right to left, letters BETH, TAW, ZAYIN, BETH, YODH: 𐡡𐡶𐡦𐡡𐡩 (Btzby), pronounced Bat-Zabbai; c. 240 – c. 274 AD) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zenobia</note> left descendants, who still live at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-e906a8eb-6124-4156-acd9-ae3afb546302" cert="high">Rome</placeName>.</p><p>XIV. In his reign, the people of the mint raised a rebellion in the city, after having adulterated the money, and put to death <persName xml:id="recogito-4973a9ad-a602-4724-9340-6b1909528ee0">Felicissimus</persName><note target="recogito-4973a9ad-a602-4724-9340-6b1909528ee0" resp="antonionedev">Felicissimus (died 271?) was a public officer in Ancient Rome, during the reign of Emperor Aurelian. He is famous because he led an uprising of mint workers against the Emperor, but was defeated and killed, possibly in 274, but more probably in 271. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felicissimus</note> the commissioner of the treasury. <persName xml:id="recogito-8f83b4fc-936d-45cd-8d01-b8b13643bbe7">Aurelian</persName><note target="recogito-8f83b4fc-936d-45cd-8d01-b8b13643bbe7" resp="antonionedev">Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian</note> suppressed them with the utmost severity; several noblemen he condemned to death. He was indeed cruel and sanguinary, and rather an <span xml:id="recogito-976a30e4-ebd2-49cc-ab3f-dfafb2804450">emperor</span><note target="recogito-976a30e4-ebd2-49cc-ab3f-dfafb2804450" resp="antonionedev">type of monarch</note> necessary for the times in some respects than an amiable one in any. He was always severe, and put to death even the son of his own sister. He was however a reformer, in a great degree, of military discipline and dissoluteness of manners.</p><p>XV. He surrounded the city of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/423025" xml:id="recogito-1146c660-9192-4893-9425-990786a3f4b2" cert="high">Rome</placeName> with stronger walls. He built a <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/22073979" xml:id="recogito-28e8a6d6-7218-41fd-9b3c-637054b42270" cert="high">temple to the Sun</placeName><note target="recogito-28e8a6d6-7218-41fd-9b3c-637054b42270" resp="antonionedev">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Sun_(Rome)</note>, in which he put a vast quantity of gold and precious stones. The province of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207065" xml:id="recogito-8aacd0fd-3eeb-4d23-bfa2-b67958a5141b" cert="high">Dacia</placeName>, which <persName xml:id="recogito-34b4e94d-0608-42f8-a0a0-6282ce8c1b34">Trajan</persName><note target="recogito-34b4e94d-0608-42f8-a0a0-6282ce8c1b34" resp="antonionedev">Trajan (/ˈtreɪdʒən/ TRAY-jən; Latin: Caesar Nerva Traianus pronounced [ˈkae̯sar ˈnɛr.wa t̪rajˈjaːnʊs]; 18 September 53 – 8 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trajan</note> had formed beyond the <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226577" xml:id="recogito-92dbee74-a93d-48a1-b062-f22cc18b9134" cert="high">Danube</placeName>, he gave up, despairing, after all <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/481865" xml:id="recogito-16403e14-dea3-4a17-8955-fc2273e30762" cert="high">Illyricum</placeName> and <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981535" xml:id="recogito-f59fe31e-2c8e-4317-b09a-c86c0eff1e3d" cert="high">Moesia</placeName> had been depopulated, of being able to retain it. The <span xml:id="recogito-438ae550-d5dc-4b56-bacc-6c1e0acf2eab">Roman</span><note target="recogito-438ae550-d5dc-4b56-bacc-6c1e0acf2eab" resp="antonionedev">of the roman empire; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire</note> citizens, removed from the town and lands of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207065" xml:id="recogito-f35b7aa8-eaf1-41f4-b4bc-bace5c098182" cert="high">Dacia</placeName>, he settled in the interior of <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981535" xml:id="recogito-ca6bd8ce-4d47-46b7-a34d-3c0fa59c3f4b" cert="high">Moesia</placeName>, calling that <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207065" xml:id="recogito-fad40c38-72eb-4a73-aaf6-e335af82cd16" cert="high">Dacia</placeName> which now divides the two <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/992077" xml:id="recogito-89f126e1-1280-467d-92a6-b5b816da002a" cert="high">Moesiae</placeName>, and which is on the right hand of the <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/226577" xml:id="recogito-1abd15f0-3a81-4f4c-bf73-51702d99d105" cert="high">Danube</placeName> as it runs to the sea, whereas <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/207065" xml:id="recogito-4c5ef5ae-b80f-4e29-a933-6f3e55ec0496" cert="high">Dacia</placeName> was previously on the left. He was killed through the treachery of one of his own slaves, who carried to certain military men, the friends of <persName xml:id="recogito-abe79716-296b-4e69-838d-e27bccc81ccf">Aurelian</persName><note target="recogito-abe79716-296b-4e69-838d-e27bccc81ccf" resp="antonionedev">Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian</note>, their own names entered upon a list, having counterfeited the hand of <persName xml:id="recogito-c5f5cfad-0e93-4d3b-8b2a-4c15e18b76cf">Aurelian</persName><note target="recogito-c5f5cfad-0e93-4d3b-8b2a-4c15e18b76cf" resp="antonionedev">Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian</note>, and making it appear that he intended to put them to death. That he might be prevented from doing so, he was assassinated |522 by them in the middle of the road, the old paved way, which is between <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/520998" xml:id="recogito-41782483-e9e0-47d6-9ddb-5dadf085c875" cert="high">Constantinople</placeName> and <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/844944" xml:id="recogito-a1918720-b3a1-4271-b0e7-87d5cd04e65d" cert="high">Heraclea</placeName>. The place is called <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/511199" xml:id="recogito-8b4c4087-33f2-4826-a755-3f9d0f5d70ee" cert="high">Caenophrurium</placeName>. But his death was not unavenged.67 He also gained the honour of being enrolled among the gods. He reigned five years and six months.</p><p>XVI. After him <persName xml:id="recogito-1254081f-8e1c-4452-9868-82cb0a3c7d69">TACITUS</persName><note target="recogito-1254081f-8e1c-4452-9868-82cb0a3c7d69" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Claudius Tacitus (/ˈtæsɪtəs/; c. 200 – June 276) was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Claudius_Tacitus</note> succeeded to the throne; a man of excellent morals, and well qualified to govern the <span xml:id="recogito-852f7c1e-0c69-43bc-a551-901a3c29cfe3">empire</span><note target="recogito-852f7c1e-0c69-43bc-a551-901a3c29cfe3" resp="antonionedev">geographically extensive group of states and peoples united and ruled either by a central authority or a central figure</note>. He was unable, however, to show the world anything remarkable, being cut off by death in the sixth mouth of his reign. <persName xml:id="recogito-c89f7998-17cb-4bd1-85f1-5bbce0ce38c0">FLORIANUS</persName><note target="recogito-c89f7998-17cb-4bd1-85f1-5bbce0ce38c0" resp="antonionedev">Florianus (Marcus Annius Florianus; died 276), also known as Florian, was Roman emperor in 276, from July to September. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florianus</note>, who succeeded <persName xml:id="recogito-b9451530-75bd-4e57-ac3b-e8a39587174e">Tacitus</persName><note target="recogito-b9451530-75bd-4e57-ac3b-e8a39587174e" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Claudius Tacitus (/ˈtæsɪtəs/; c. 200 – June 276) was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Claudius_Tacitus</note>, was on the throne only two mouths and twenty days, and did nothing worthy of mention.</p><p>XVII. <persName xml:id="recogito-949e84a2-58b3-42fb-bc10-7986a3c8710d">PROBUS</persName><note target="recogito-949e84a2-58b3-42fb-bc10-7986a3c8710d" resp="antonionedev">Marcus Aurelius Probus (/ˈproʊbəs/; 19 August 232 – September 282) was Roman emperor from 276 to 282. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probus_(emperor)</note> then succeeded to the government, a man rendered illustrious by the distinction which he obtained in war. He recovered <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/993" xml:id="recogito-c83358c1-be81-4b95-bb11-d540a3c52ff8" cert="high">Gaul</placeName>, which had been seized by the <span xml:id="recogito-e3a85f71-3ed7-46e0-8f67-3b3e6376c566">Barbarians</span><note target="recogito-e3a85f71-3ed7-46e0-8f67-3b3e6376c566" resp="antonionedev">A barbarian is a human who is perceived to be either uncivilized or primitive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarian</note>, by remarkable successes in the field. He also suppressed, in several battles, some persons that attempted to seize the throne, as <persName xml:id="recogito-895fa408-e0b7-4ee7-9a89-8b3baa085baa">Saturninus</persName><note target="recogito-895fa408-e0b7-4ee7-9a89-8b3baa085baa" resp="antonionedev">Lucius Appuleius Saturninus (died late 100 BC) was a Roman populist and tribune. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Appuleius_Saturninus</note> in the east, and <persName xml:id="recogito-269435fd-7d8c-48e3-a138-d02afd0971a3">Proculus</persName><note target="recogito-269435fd-7d8c-48e3-a138-d02afd0971a3" resp="antonionedev">Proculus (died c. 281) was a Roman usurper, one of the &quot;minor pretenders&quot; according to Historia Augusta, who would have taken the purple against Emperor Probus in 280. This is now disputed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proculus</note> and <persName xml:id="recogito-72138517-f237-4200-b706-1219b16148d3">Bonosus</persName><note target="recogito-72138517-f237-4200-b706-1219b16148d3" resp="antonionedev">Bonosus (died AD 280) was a late 3rd-century Roman usurper. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonosus_(usurper)</note> at <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/433011" xml:id="recogito-5ee6ae33-7c22-4d15-a725-3bc5e955e07c" cert="high">Agrippina</placeName>. He allowed the <span xml:id="recogito-a84cfac1-9e80-49b0-b70f-b43c992a828f">Gauls</span><note target="recogito-a84cfac1-9e80-49b0-b70f-b43c992a828f" resp="antonionedev">people of Gallia</note> and <span xml:id="recogito-c56c4812-3512-4de0-8c1b-40512384770e">Cannonians</span><note target="recogito-c56c4812-3512-4de0-8c1b-40512384770e" resp="antonionedev">???</note> to have vineyards. By obliging his soldiers to work, too, he planted vineyards on <placeName xml:id="recogito-e2dada11-b9ce-4b0b-869a-d1195d7f871c" cert="low">Mount Alma</placeName><note target="recogito-e2dada11-b9ce-4b0b-869a-d1195d7f871c" resp="antonionedev">???</note> in <placeName ref="http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/45534" xml:id="recogito-62bb55fe-3e18-4f82-9f6a-52809a2280b2" cert="high">Sirmium</placeName>, and on Mount <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/206938" xml:id="recogito-55384d2d-997b-4c35-80e4-c5d057a2cf36" cert="high">Aureus</placeName> in Upper <placeName ref="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/981535" xml:id="recogito-78c8a1cf-52c4-407d-b3fc-185723570bf6" cert="high">Moesia</placeName>, and left them to the people of the provinces to cultivate. After he had gone through a great number of wars, and had at last obtained peace, he observed, that &quot;in a short time soldiers would not be wanted.&quot; He was a man of spirit, activity, and justice, equalling <persName xml:id="recogito-48eed958-8646-48fe-b95e-57115c0b6c64">Aurelian</persName><note target="recogito-48eed958-8646-48fe-b95e-57115c0b6c64" resp="antonionedev">Aurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was Roman emperor from 270 to 275. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurelian</note> in military glory, and surpassing him in affability of manners. He was killed, however, at <placeName ref="http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/45534" xml:id="recogito-57d1933d-1022-40f2-9e8a-036a2beb71d8" cert="high">Sirmium</placeName>, in an iron turret, during an <span xml:id="recogito-f1c9c2df-a8df-4a70-96cd-1342fe0e44c0">insurrection</span><note target="recogito-f1c9c2df-a8df-4a70-96cd-1342fe0e44c0" resp="antonionedev">a violent uprising against an authority or government</note> of the soldiery. He reigned six years and four months.</p></div></body>
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