Home1778 Edition

ARGENTARIA

Volume 1 · 94 words · 1778 Edition

a town of ancient Gaul, thought to stand in the place where the city Colmar now stands. It is remarkable for a great victory gained by the emperor Gratian over the Lentinenses, in the month of May, A.D. 378. The Romans, being but few in number, were at first overpowered, and obliged to give ground; but soon returning to the charge, they gained in the end a complete victory. Thirty thousand of the barbarians, and among the rest their king Triarius, were killed on the spot; and all the rest, except 5000, taken prisoners.