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Battle of Perinthus
191
191
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type of battle

war or event

Civil Wars of Emperor Severus

at a glance

coordinates unknown

location

modern country

While the Emperor Septimius Severus marched east from Rome against Pescennius Niger, his rival’s proconsul Asselius Aemilius occupied Byzantium and met advanced units of the Emperor’s army further west at Perinthus. Aemilius inflicted a costly defeat, though the advancing Severans forced the victor back to Byzantium. Three years later he was defeated across the Sea of Marmara at Cyzicus.


   
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