Sirmium (282) — the same event in Aurelius Victor and Eutropius

Aurelius Victor: Probus is killed by soldiers who resented being forced to drain the marshes of Sirmium.; Eutropius: Probus is killed at Sirmium in a…

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Aurelius Victor, De Caesaribus · AD 282 · Sirmium

Probus is killed by soldiers who resented being forced to drain the marshes of Sirmium.

Hinc denique magis irritati paulo cis sextum annum apud Sirmium trucidavere, cum ad siccandam lacunis ac fossa urbem ipsi patriam adigerentur, quae palustri…
Location: Aur. Vict. Caes. 37.4

Eutropius, Breviarium · AD 282 · Sirmium

Probus is killed at Sirmium in a soldiers' revolt, inside an iron tower.

Interfectus tamen est Sirmii tumultu militari in turri ferrata.
Location: Eutr. 9.17

Place: Sirmium

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