{"id":849,"date":"2021-04-30T10:18:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-30T09:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdensdragonsdens\/?page_id=849"},"modified":"2021-04-30T10:18:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-30T09:18:53","slug":"valerius-maximus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/ogdens-dragonsdens\/the-classical-dragon\/dragon-of-river-bagrada-regulus-and-army\/valerius-maximus\/","title":{"rendered":"Valerius Maximus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Facta et Dicta Memorabilia<\/em> 1.8 ext 19 (c.14-37 AD)<\/h3>\n<p><em>The Livian account of Regulus&#8217; battle against the Dragon of the Bagrada.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Quae\u00a0quia\u00a0supra\u00a0usitatam\u00a0rationem\u00a0excedentia\u00a0attigimus,\u00a0serpentis\u00a0quoque\u00a0a\u00a0T.\u00a0Liuio\u00a0curiose\u00a0pariter\u00a0ac\u00a0facunde\u00a0relatae\u00a0fiat\u00a0mentio:\u00a0is\u00a0enim\u00a0ait\u00a0in\u00a0Africa\u00a0apud\u00a0Bagradam\u00a0flumen\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0tantae\u00a0magnitudinis\u00a0fuisse,\u00a0ut\u00a0Atilii\u00a0Reguli\u00a0exercitum\u00a0usu\u00a0amnis\u00a0prohiberet,\u00a0multisque\u00a0militibus\u00a0ingenti\u00a0ore\u00a0correptis,\u00a0conpluribus\u00a0caudae\u00a0uoluminibus\u00a0elisis,\u00a0cum\u00a0telorum\u00a0iactu\u00a0perforari\u00a0nequiret,\u00a0ad\u00a0ultimum\u00a0ballistarum\u00a0tormentis\u00a0undique\u00a0petitam\u00a0silicum\u00a0crebris\u00a0et\u00a0ponderosis\u00a0uerberibus\u00a0procubuisse\u00a0omnibusque\u00a0et\u00a0cohortibus\u00a0et\u00a0legionibus\u00a0ipsa\u00a0Karthagine\u00a0uisam\u00a0terribiliorem,\u00a0atque\u00a0etiam\u00a0cruore\u00a0suo\u00a0gurgitibus\u00a0inbutis\u00a0corporisque\u00a0iacentis\u00a0pestifero\u00a0adflatu\u00a0uicina\u00a0regione\u00a0polluta\u00a0Romana\u00a0inde\u00a0summouisse\u00a0castra.\u00a0adicit\u00a0beluae\u00a0corium\u00a0centum\u00a0et\u00a0uiginti\u00a0pedum\u00a0in\u00a0urbem\u00a0missum.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Dragons-Serpents-Slayers-Classical-Christian\/dp\/0199925119\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=ogden+dragons+serpents&amp;qid=1618045636&amp;sr=8-1\">DSS<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>no. 97. 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Quae\u00a0quia\u00a0supra\u00a0usitatam\u00a0rationem\u00a0excedentia\u00a0attigimus,\u00a0serpentis\u00a0quoque\u00a0a\u00a0T.\u00a0Liuio\u00a0curiose\u00a0pariter\u00a0ac\u00a0facunde\u00a0relatae\u00a0fiat\u00a0mentio:\u00a0is\u00a0enim\u00a0ait\u00a0in\u00a0Africa\u00a0apud\u00a0Bagradam\u00a0flumen\u00a0&#8230;\u00a0tantae\u00a0magnitudinis\u00a0fuisse,\u00a0ut\u00a0Atilii\u00a0Reguli\u00a0exercitum\u00a0usu\u00a0amnis\u00a0prohiberet,\u00a0multisque\u00a0militibus\u00a0ingenti\u00a0ore\u00a0correptis,\u00a0conpluribus\u00a0caudae\u00a0uoluminibus\u00a0elisis,\u00a0cum\u00a0telorum\u00a0iactu\u00a0perforari\u00a0nequiret,\u00a0ad\u00a0ultimum\u00a0ballistarum\u00a0tormentis\u00a0undique\u00a0petitam\u00a0silicum\u00a0crebris\u00a0et\u00a0ponderosis\u00a0uerberibus\u00a0procubuisse\u00a0omnibusque\u00a0et\u00a0cohortibus\u00a0et\u00a0legionibus\u00a0ipsa\u00a0Karthagine\u00a0uisam\u00a0terribiliorem,\u00a0atque\u00a0etiam\u00a0cruore\u00a0suo\u00a0gurgitibus\u00a0inbutis\u00a0corporisque\u00a0iacentis\u00a0pestifero\u00a0adflatu\u00a0uicina\u00a0regione\u00a0polluta\u00a0Romana\u00a0inde\u00a0summouisse\u00a0castra.\u00a0adicit\u00a0beluae\u00a0corium\u00a0centum\u00a0et\u00a0uiginti\u00a0pedum\u00a0in\u00a0urbem\u00a0missum. 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