Sucro

The battle near the Sucro was fought, it is said, through the impatience of Pompey, lest Metellus should share with him in the victory, Sertorius being also willing to engage Pompey before the arrival of Metellus.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Sucro, both being in fear lest Metellus should come; Pompey, that he might engage alone, Sertorius, that he might have one alone to engage with.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Sertorius, however, sustained many losses; but he always maintained himself and those immediately with him undefeated, and it was by other commanders under him that he suffered; and he was more admired for being able to repair his losses, and for recovering the victory, than the Roman generals against him for gaining these advantages; as at the battle of the Sucro against

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

What instinct caused him to cross the Sucro to its northern bank the moment he encountered that river he never afterward knew, for lower down its course the bed turned out to be a shifting mire of sandy gravel which would have proven time-consuming to ford.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

After that it was a weary trek through country so arid even the sheep seemed to avoid it, but there were riverbeds at regular intervals which yielded water below the ground, and the distance to the upper Sucro, still flowing, was not so great that the army of Further Spain stood in any danger.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

For another, his scouts posted on the highest hills in the district had discerned no column of dust coming down the dry valley of the Sucro to indicate that Hirtuleius was on his way.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

And then when he had located himself here by the Sucro, with Herennius and Perperna in good position near Valentia to soften Pompey up, Diana disappeared.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Mindful of Metellus Pius's warning that he must not reach the Sucro until the end of Quinctilis, Pompey did not attempt to pursue Perperna.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

Twelve thousand men died, leaving Perperna and eighteen thousand survivors to retreat to Sertorius on the Sucro.

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993

And how cunning, to march so circuitously that his real intentions had never even been suspected, to hustle himself past Miaccum and Sertobriga in the distance pretending to be Hirtuleius, to march then by the light of the moon and raise no dust to give his presence away as he came down the Sucro!

Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993