"qui postea, cum in Etruriam primo uere transiret, in summo Appennino tempestate correptus, biduo continuo inmobiliter cum exercitu niuibus conclusus et onustus obriguit. ubi magnus hominum numerus, iumenta conplurima, elephanti paene omnes frigoris acerbitate perierunt."
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Paulus Orosius (c. 375/385 – 420 AD) less often Paul Orosius in English, was a Roman priest, historian and theologian, and a student of Augustine of Hippo.
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