Divus Aurelianus 23

ed. David Magie

Divus Aurelianus. . ed. David Magie. London. 1934.

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Divus Aurelianus (Scriptores Historiae Augustae, Volume 3. Magie, David, editor. London, New York: William Heinemann, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1932.)

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Divus Aurelianus

1. i.e., the Goths, who invaded the country south of the Danube in the summer of 271. On the spoils and captives taken by Aurelian see c. xxxiii. 3-4 and xxxiv. 1. He commemorated the victory by assuming the name Gothicus Maximus and by coins with the legend Victoria Gothica; see Matt.-Syd. v. p. 303, no. 339. It was probably at this time that the districts north of the Danube were evacuated; see note to c. xxxix. 7.
2. Meanwhile the Palmyrenes were driven out of Egypt by Probus, according to Prob., ix. 5. This happened after 11 Mar.,
3. (of which date there is a papyrus dated in the joint reign of Aurelian and Vaballathus) and before 29 Aug., 271, after which there are no Alexandrian coins of Vaballathus.