Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 17.4.17

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[17] Now the text of the characters cut upon the ancient obelisk which we see in the Circus¹ I add below in its Greek translation, following the work of Hermapion.² The translation of the first line, beginning on the South side, reads as follows:

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).) — 17.4.17 focus

[17] Qui autem notarum textus obelisco incisus est veteri, quem videmus in Circo, Hermapionis librum secuti interpretatum litteris subiecimus Graecis.¹ ΑΡΧΗΝ ΑΠΟ ΤΟΥ ΝΟΤΙΟΥ ΔΙΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΜΕΝΑ ΕΧΕΙ ΣΤΙΧΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΤΑΔΕ ΛΕΓΕΙ

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1. This obelisk, the greatest of them all (32. 50 m.), was set up at the Lateran by Fontana in 1588.

2. He seems to have lived in the time of Augustus.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 17.4.17

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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