For the Glory of Rome by Ross Cowan

Author:Ross Cowan [Ross Cowan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-21T16:00:00+00:00

In his second campaign he lost his right hand, and in two campaigns he was wounded twenty-three times, so much so that he could scarcely use either his hands or his feet. (Pliny, Natural History, 7.104)

Sergius was not deterred by missing hands or numerous wounds:

On four occasions he fought with his left hand alone, and two horses were killed under him. He had a right hand made out of iron and attached to the stump, after which he fought a battle, and raised the siege of Cremona, defended Placentia and captured twelve of the enemy’s camps in Gaul [Gallic north Italy]. (Pliny, Natural History, 7.104–5)

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