Episode CXXXIX - A Fish in a Net (Severus Alexander III)
Podcast |
Emperors of Rome
Publisher |
La Trobe University
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
History
Publication Date |
Apr 08, 2020
Episode Duration |
00:24:07

When Severus Alexander leads the Roman armies east, he meets Artaxerxes and the Sasanians in battle but his tactics are unprepared. Artaxerxes attacked unexpectedly with his entire force and trapped the Romans like fish in a net; firing their arrows from all sides at the encircled soldiers, the Persians massacred the whole army.

Guest: Dr Caillan Davenport (Senior Lecturer, Roman History, Macquarie University/Humboldt Research Fellow, Goethe University, Frankfurt)

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