See also:

• GAIUS

GAIUS PESCENNIUS See also:

• NIGER
• GAIUS PESCENNIUS NIGER

NIGER  , See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of See also:

• SYRIA

Syria under the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• COMMODUS, LUCIUS AELIUS AURELIUS (161-192)

Commodus . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• PERTINAX, PUBLIUS HELVIUS (A.D. 126-193)

Pertinax (A.D . 193), he was saluted emperor by the troops at See also:

• ANTIOCH

Antioch, but unaccountably delayed marching on See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome until he learned that Septimius See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus, one of the See also:

• RIVAL

rival claimants, had assumed the offensive . He then strongly garrisoned See also:

• BYZANTIUM

Byzantium and the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal towns of See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, but after his See also:

• LEGATE (Lat. legatus, past part. of legare, to send as deputy)
• LEGATE, BARTHOLOMEW (c. 1575-1612)

legate Aemilianus had been defeated and slain near See also:

• CYZICUS

Cyzicus he himself was driven from See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea and routed near the Cilician See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

Gates . Having failed in an effort to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape towards the See also:

• EUPHRATES (Babylon. Purattu, Heb. Perath, Arab. Frdt or Furst, Old Pers. Ufratu, Gr. Eb4 parrls)

Euphrates, he was brought back and put to death in 194 . Aelius Spartianus, Pescennius See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger; Dio See also:

• CASSIUS
• CASSIUS, AVIDIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

Cassius lxxii . 8; lxxiii . 13, 14 .