Fuentes para el estudio del termalismo minero-medicinal en la Antigüedad

Livy perioch. 68.2–5

Way of Transmission
Literature
Datation
before 17 CE
Language
Latin
Género literario
History
Canonical Reference
Liv. perioch. 68.2–5
Thermal Spa Related
Aquae Sextiae

68.2-5 C. Marius cos. summa vi oppugnata a Teutonis et Ambronibus castra defendit. duobus deinde proeliis circa Aquas Sextias eosdem hostes delevit, in quibus caesa traduntur hostium ⅽ̅ⅽ̅, capta x̅c̅.

68.2–5 El cónsul Gayo Mario defendió su campamento ata­cado con la mayor violencia por los teutones y los ambrones. A continuación, en las cercanías de Aguas Sextias, destruyó a los mismos enemigos en dos combates en los que, según se dice, fueron muertos doscientos mil enemigos y cayeron prisioneros noventa mil.

Commentary

Testimonio del nombre del lugar.

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