Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 17.7.7

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[7] Others, who were overwhelmed by the sudden magnitude of the disaster, are still hidden under the same ruins; some who with fractured skulls or amputated arms or legs hovered between life and death, imploring the aid of others in the same case, were abandoned, despite their pleas and protestations.¹

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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[7] Alii subita magnitudine ruinae oppressi, eisdem adhuc molibus conteguntur. Collisis quidam capitibus, vel umeris praesectis aut cruribus, inter vitae mortisque confinia, aliorum adiumenta paria perferentium implorantes, cum obtestatione magna deserebantur.

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1. Some refer this to the disabled, others to those who were fleeing. I think it refers to both; of. in a parallel case Curtius iv. 16, 12 qui sequi non poterant inter mutuos gemitus deserebantur.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 17.7.7

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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