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Revision as of 22:17, 9 December 2025
Battle between Septimius Severus and Clodius Albinus (197)
Strength
The battle of Lugdunum is said to be the largest, most hard-fought, and bloodiest of all clashes between Roman forces during civil wars, with a total of 150,000 men was engaged between both sides.[nb 2]
Clodius Albinus had, under his control, around 68,000 troops including 35,000 auxiliaries coming from Britannia and Hispania. Septimius Severus led the much larger force with the combined legions of Dacia and the Danubian provinces, numbering about 200,000 men. Only a fraction of this force was engaged in the battle, ranging from 80,000 to 90,000 men.
Notes
- ^ The total number of soldiers involved on both sides was 150,000. Clodius Albinus had under his command around 68,000 soldiers; for details and sources see this section.
- ^ The expression used by the Roman historian Cassius Dio (Ancient Greek: πεντεκαίδεκα μὲν μυριάδες στρατιωτῶν συναμφοτέροις ὑπῆρχον, lit. ‘Fifteen myriads of soldiers were present on both sides‘) can be interpreted in two ways: either that each side had 150,000 men (300,000 total), or that 150,000 men fought in total (approximately 75,000 per side). The later historian Edward Gibbon proposed the latter to be more truthful, and this version is also accepted by A. J. Graham.
References
Bibliography
- Books
- Fishwick, Duncan (2005). The Imperial Cult in the Latin West: Studies in the Ruler Cult of the Western Provinces of the Roman Empire. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-07179-7.
- Sage, Michael M. (2020). Septimius Severus and the Roman Army. Pen & Sword Military. ISBN 978-1-526-70241-8.
- Journals
