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Using Postumus

  • In the example corpus, postumus often appears in combinations such as: postumus in.

Context around Postumus

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

delay 1× besieged 1× grandson 1× allowed 1× defeat 1× agrippa 1× battle 1×

Often after:

agrippa 1× claimed 1×

Sentence patterns with Postumus

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

also how postumus and nero 1× and agrippa postumus the latter 1× and besieged postumus in an 1× deliberately allowed postumus to escape 1× deputy to postumus until the 1× following on postumus s footprints 1× his grandson postumus agrippa who 1× of delay postumus had established 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after four years 1× augustus banished his 1× aureolus was entrusted 1× considering dio must 1× gallienus was seriously 1× instead he acted 1×

Common sentence endings:

adopted by augustus 1× ended their lives 1× gather new forces 1× in the east 1× or invade italy 1× the imperial college 1×

Words around Postumus

Just before it in the word index:

postumius 2 postulator 2 postulations 4 postulation 15 postulating 9 postulates 66

Just after it in the word index:

postural 19 posture 533 postures 59 posturing 134 postvention 2 postwar 290

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Postumus

  • In this selection, "postumus" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, delay, besieged, grandson, agrippa and claimed stand out and add context to how "postumus" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include also how postumus and nero and and agrippa postumus the latter. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "postumus" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with postumus

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Aureolus was entrusted with the pursuit and deliberately allowed Postumus to escape and gather new forces. (16 words)

Considering Dio must have read Tacitus, it is worth noting he mentions nothing about suicide (which was also how Postumus and Nero ended their lives). (25 words)

Instead, he acted as deputy to Postumus until the very last days of his revolt, when he seems to have claimed the throne for himself. (25 words)

Longer example sentences

Augustus banished his grandson Postumus Agrippa, who was adopted after the death of his brothers, to the small island of Planasia (around AD 6 or 7) where he was later executed, and Tiberius was recalled to Rome and officially adopted by Augustus. (42 words)

After four years of delay, Postumus had established power, but in 265, when Gallienus and his men crossed the Alps, they defeated and besieged Postumus in an (unnamed) Gallic city. (30 words)

Southern, 138 & 140 However, Diocletian could not allow elbow room to a breakaway regional usurper following on Postumus 's footprints to enter, solely on his own accord, the imperial college. (30 words)

Example sentences (10)

After four years of delay, Postumus had established power, but in 265, when Gallienus and his men crossed the Alps, they defeated and besieged Postumus in an (unnamed) Gallic city.

Augustus banished his grandson Postumus Agrippa, who was adopted after the death of his brothers, to the small island of Planasia (around AD 6 or 7) where he was later executed, and Tiberius was recalled to Rome and officially adopted by Augustus.

Aureolus was entrusted with the pursuit and deliberately allowed Postumus to escape and gather new forces.

Considering Dio must have read Tacitus, it is worth noting he mentions nothing about suicide (which was also how Postumus and Nero ended their lives).

Gallienus was seriously weakened by his failure to defeat Postumus in the West, and the ability of Odaenathus to live with his arrangement with Gallienus in the East.

Instead, he acted as deputy to Postumus until the very last days of his revolt, when he seems to have claimed the throne for himself.

Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto 3.3.72 The Emperor's grandchildren, Julia the Younger and Agrippa Postumus (the latter adopted by him), were also banished around the same time.

Postumus claimed the consulship for himself and one of his associates, Honoratianus, but according to D.S. Potter, he never tried to unseat Gallienus or invade Italy.

Southern, 138 & 140 However, Diocletian could not allow elbow room to a breakaway regional usurper following on Postumus 's footprints to enter, solely on his own accord, the imperial college.

The invasion of the Macriani forced him to dispatch Aureolus with a large force to oppose them, however, leaving him with insufficient troops to battle Postumus.

Common combinations with postumus

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • postumus in 2×

Frequently asked questions

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