Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 20.4.20

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[20] But when he had withdrawn to seclusion and retirement, alarmed by the change in his fortunes, one of the decurions of the palace, which is a position of dignity,¹ hastened at rapid pace to the camp of the Petulantes and Celts, and wildly cried that a shameful crime had been committed, in that the man whom the day before their choice had proclaimed Augustus had been secretly done to death.

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

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[20] Sed cum ad latebras secessisset occultas, accidentium varietate perterritus Iulianus, aliqui palatii decurio, qui ordo est dignitatis, pleniore gradu signa Petulantium ingressus atque Celtarum, facinus indignum turbulente exclamat, pridie Augustum eorum arbitrio declaratum, clam interemptum.

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1. The thirty silentarii, who kept watch before the emperor’s room when important business was going on and maintained quiet, were commanded by three decurions.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 20.4.20

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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