Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 17.13.19

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[19] After the Amicenses¹ had been scattered and all but wholly destroyed, the army immediately attacked the Picenses,² so named from the adjoining regions, who had been put on their guard by the disasters to their allies, which were known from persistent rumours. To subdue these (for it was hard to pursue them, since they were scattered in divers places, and unfamiliarity with the roads was a hindrance) they resorted to the help of the Taifali³ and likewise of the free Sarmatians.

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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[19] Post absumptos paene diffusosque Amicenses, petiti sunt sine mora Picenses, ita ex regionibus appellati conterminis; quos tutiores fecere sociorum aerumnae, rumorum assiduitate compertae. Ad quos opprimendos, (erat enim arduum sequi per diversa conspersos, imprudentia viarum arcente,) Taifalorum auxilium et Liberorum adaeque Sarmatarum assumptum est.

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History

1. A Sarmatian people; T.L.L.

2. Put by Ptolemy in Upper Moesia.

3. A tribe of the West Goths; cf. xxxi. 8, 7.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 17.13.19

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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