a
reference to Mursa (an ancient
area in southeast Europe), which in 351 A.D. was the
sight of a large battle between the two strongest armies of the
Roman Empire, one led by
Roman Emperor Constantius
II (317-361) and the other by a usurping emperor Magnentius (?-353). Constantius' forces emerged victorious; however, more than 50,000 soldiers were killed between the two armies, making it the bloodiest battle of that century and severely crippling the military strength of the
Roman Empire.
an earlier name of the current
Messina, a seaport in northeast
Sicily. I
read it in
Gibbon (and it's probably
wrong in
Gibbon) and
got cluttered up on it -it's either Messana or something like that.
- The Itsa Line (cont.) (21 Aug. 63) an earlier name of the current
Messina, a seaport in northeast
Sicily. It was the site of the First Punic
War (the first of three wars between
Carthage, an ancient city in
North Africa, and
Rome during the third and
second centuries b.c.). The
war was fought for the possession of
Sicily.
Carthage was finally defeated after twenty-three years of warfare and
Sicily became the first of the
Roman provinces.
an earlier name of the current
Messina, a seaport in northheast
Sicily.