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Headword:
*bh=ros
Adler number: beta,264
Translated headword: Verus
Vetting Status: high
Translation: A Roman general.[1] This man was not serious, but rather was dissolute from the disease of drunkenness to a very great extent, and because of it was eternally possessed by thoughtless impudence.[2]
Greek Original:*bh=ros: strathgo\s *(rwmai/wn. ou(=tos ou)k h)=n katespoudasme/nos, a)lla\ me/qhs no/sw| a)neime/nos e)k tou= e)pi\ plei=ston, kai\ a)p' au)tou= qra/sei a)periske/ptw| e)saei\ ei)/xeto.
Notes:
[1] Commander of the Eruli (
epsilon 3058) in Italy (autumn 547 CE):
Procopius of
Caesarea,
History of the Wars of Justinian 7.27.3; cf. PLRE IIIb s.v. Verus.
[2] Taken nearly verbatim from
Procopius 7.27.5 (web address 1); cf. Kaldellis (433).
J.R. Martindale, The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, vol. IIIb, (Cambridge, 1992)
A. Kaldellis, ed. and H.B. Dewing, trans., Prokopios: The Wars of Justinian, (Indianapolis 2014)
Associated internet address:
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; ethics; food; geography; historiography; history; military affairs
Translated by: Craig Gibson on 21 June 2003@12:30:47.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (added x-ref and keywords; cosmetics) on 22 June 2003@06:14:39.
David Whitehead (more keywords) on 28 May 2012@06:34:34.
David Whitehead (coding) on 20 September 2015@09:32:04.
Ronald Allen (augmented n.1, added bibliography; added link n.2, added keyword) on 6 January 2024@10:42:27.
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