Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 16.6.3

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[3] And when the matter came to an investigation, and everything needful for the business was at hand, a proof of the charges was looked for; when suddenly, as if by an irregular vote,¹ at the instance of the chamberlains (as persistent rumour reported) both those persons under restraint as implicated were released from their fetters; Dorus disappeared, and Verissimus at once held his peace, just as when on the stage the curtain is lowered and put away.²

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).) — 16.6.3 focus

[3] Cumque res in¹ inquisitionem veniret, necessariisque negotio tentis, obiectorum probatio speraretur, tamquam per saturam subito cubiculariis suffragantibus, ut loquebatur pertinax rumor, et vinculis sunt exutae personae quae stringebantur ut consciae, et Dorus evanuit, et Verissimus ilico tacuit, velut aulaeo deposito scenae.

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1. Cf. Sallust, Jug., xxix. 5, where the reference is to voting on several questions at once;

lex multis rebus conferta, Festus

, s.v.

2. We might say The curtain is dropped, but the lowering of the curtain revealed the stage of the Roman theatre. Here the reference is to putting the curtain away and closing the theatre, as in Juvenal, vi. 67 ff.,

quotiens aulaea recondita cessant et vacuo clusoque sonant fora sola theatro.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 16.6.3

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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