Gannys
Sign in to saveGannys (gr. Γάννυς or Γαίννυς) was a Roman general who commanded the troops of Elagabalus (officially named Antoninus) against Emperor Macrinus in the Battle of Antioch.
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- Ancient Rome
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- Nicomedia
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- military leader
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- 0218-01-01
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Gannys (gr. Γάννυς or Γαίννυς) was a Roman general who commanded the troops of Elagabalus (officially named Antoninus) against Emperor Macrinus in the Battle of Antioch.
According to Edward Gibbon in his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
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