Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 14.6.22

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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Current edition Perseus

History (English) (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

Editions (1)
Res Gestae Perseus (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).) — 14.6.22 focus

Notes on the current edition

History

1. Originally, the line within the city wall, marking the limit within which the auspices could be taken; the term pomerium was soon transferred to the strip of land between this line and the actual city wall. Here it means merely the wall of the city.
2. This legacy hunting, by paying court to childless men and women, is satirized by Horace ( Sat. ii. 5). The art was in vogue as early as Plautus’ time (see Miles, 705 ff.), but became a profession at the end of the Republic (cf. Cic., Paradoxa, v. 39) and under the Empire, followed even by some of the emperors (see Suet., Calig. 38, 2; Nero, 32, 2).