Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 18.6.18

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[18] Now that the envoys of the Greeks have been sent far away and perhaps are to be killed, that aged king, not content with Hellespontus, will bridge the Granicus and the Rhyndacus¹ and come to invade Asia with many nations. He is naturally passionate and very cruel, and he has as an instigator and abetter the successor of the former Roman emperor Hadrian;² unless Greece takes heed, it is all over with her and her dirge chanted.

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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[18] Amendatis procul Graiorum legatis, forsitan et necandis, rex ille¹ longaevus non contentus Hellesponto, iunctis Grenici² et Rhyndaci pontibus, Asiam cum numerosis populis pervasurus adveniet, suopte ingenio irritabilis et asperrimus, auctore et incensore Hadriani quondam Romani Principis successore; actum et conclamatum est, ni caverit Graecia.

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1. Two rivers of Mysia, in north-western Asia Minor, the former celebrated for the victory of Alexander the Great over the Persians, the latter for the defeat of Mithradates by Lucullus.

2. Referring of course to the deserter Antoninus.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 18.6.18

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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