Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 15.3.10

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[10] So Teutomeres, of the emperor’s bodyguard,¹ was sent with a colleague to seize them, and loading them with chains, as he had been ordered, he brought them all in. But when they came to Aquileia, Marinus, an ex-drillmaster² and now a tribune,³ who was on furlough at the time, the originator of that mischievous talk and besides a man of hot temper, being left in a tavern while things necessary for their journey were preparing, and chancing upon a long knife, stabbed himself in the side, at once plucked forth his vitals, and so died.

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

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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).)

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[10] Missus igitur ad eos corripiendos Teutomeres protector domesticus cum collega onustos omnes catenis (ut mandatum est) perducebat. Sed ubi ventum est Aquileiam, Marinus tribunus¹ ex campidoctore eo tempore vacans, auctor perniciosi sermonis, et alioqui naturae ferventis, in taberna relictus, dum parantur itineri necessaria, lateri cultrum longiorem² casu repertum impegit, statimque extractis vitalibus, interiit.

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1. See note 3, p. 56.

2. His office was to drill and exercise the soldiers.

3. See Introd., pp. xliii f.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 15.3.10

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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