Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 17.5.15

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[15] This embassy having been sent back without obtaining anything—for no fuller answer could be made to the king’s unbridled greed—after a very few days it was followed by Count Prosper,¹ Spectatus, tribune and secretary,² and likewise, at the suggestion of Musonianus,³ the philosopher Eustathius,⁴ as a master of persuasion; they carried with them letters of the emperor and gifts, and meanwhile planned by some craft or other to stay Sapor’s preparations, so that his northern provinces might not be fortified beyond the possibility of attack.

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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[15] Hanc legationem nullo impetrato remissam,— nec enim effrenatae regis cupiditati responderi amplius quicquam potuit—post paucissimos dies secutus est Prosper comes et Spectatus tribunus, et notarius itemque Eustathius, Musoniano suggerente philosophus, ut opifex suadendi; imperatoris scripta perferentes et munera, enisuri apparatum interim Saporis arte quadam suspendere, ne¹ supra humanum modum provinciae munirentur arctoae.

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1. See xiv. 11, 5; xv. 13, 3.

2. There were three classes of secretaries. The highest held the rank of tribune; see Introd., pp. xliii f.

3. See xv. 13, 1; xvi. 9, 2.

4. From Cappadocia, a pupil of Iamblichus.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 17.5.15

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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