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134- And Then There Were Two

The History of Rome

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Maximin's War on the Bosphorus

Maximinus reached the bosphorus before his rivals were really ready for him to be there. Along the way he had accrued an army of about 70 thousand men, enough to do battle against the strongest of armies. So they can make all the private demands they want and issue all the public edicts they want, but let's see them make me comply with any of it. In late april three 13 a, d lycinius advanced southeast and maximinus advanced northwest. And the two armies met on the plains beside a town that i have no hope at all of pronouncing correctlyZoralum is also famous as the spot where a relian was assassinated some 38 years earlier.

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