Dictionary of Battles / From the Earliest Date to the Present Time

by Thomas Benfield Harbottle

Emesa (Expedition to Palmyra).

Fought 272, between the Romans under Aurelian, and the Palmyrenians under Zenobia. Zenobia was completely defeated, and forced to retire within the walls of Palmyra, to which Aurelian at once laid siege.

Empingham (Wells' Rebellion).

Fought March 12, 1470, when Edward IV totally routed the northern rebels, under Sir Robert Wells. The battle is called "Loose-coat Field," from the precipitate flight of the rebels, who threw off their upper garments to flee the faster.