Divus Aurelianus 26

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. Septimius Zabdas (Zaba, see Claud., xi. 1), who had commanded in the battle near Antioch, after abandoning the city to Aurelian, fell back to the south along the Orontes to Emesa (Homs), where the great battle of the war was fought. Zenobia's troops, 70, 000 strong, greatly outnumbered the Romans, and her cavalry drove the Roman horse from the field, but her infantry was badly defeated by Aurelian. The defeated remnants of the Queen's army took refuge in the city, but the hostility of the towns-folk forced her to retreat across the desert to Palmyra, 90 miles distant, leaving behind a great amount of treasure.
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