Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 15.5.12

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[12] And on learning this, the emperor decided that the matter should be investigated searchingly through the medium of his council and all his officers. And when the judges had taken their seats, Florentius, son of Nigrinianus, at the time deputy master of the offices,¹ on scrutinizing the script with greater care, and finding a kind of shadow, as it were, of the former letters,² perceived what had been done, namely, that the earlier text had been tampered with and other matter added quite different from what Silvanus had dictated, in accordance with the intention of this patched-up forgery.

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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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).) — 15.5.12 focus

[12] Hisque cognitis statuit imperator, dispicientibus consistorianis et militaribus universis, in negotium perspicaciter inquiri.¹ Cumque iudices resedissent,² Florentius Nigriniani filius agens tune pro magistro officiorum, contemplans diligentius scripta, apicumque pristinorum quasi quandam umbram³ repperiens animadvertit (ut factum est) priore textu interpolato longe alia quam dictarat Silvanus, ex libidine consarcinatae falsitatis adscripta.

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History

1. The magister officiorum was a very important official, to whom many of the former functions of the praetorian prefect had been transferred (or shared with the prefect). Along with his many duties was complete charge of the discipline of the palace. See Introd., pp. xxxvii. f.

2. For the meaning of apices, see Amer. Jour. of Philol., xlviii. (1927), pp. 1 ff. The word is wrongly translated by Holland,

prickes or accents over the letters

, and by Yonge,

some vestiges of the tops of former words

; rightly by Tross,

einige Spuren der früheren Buchstaben.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 15.5.12

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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