Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 21.16.4

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[4] He made great pretensions to learning,¹ but after failing in rhetoric because of dullness of mind, he turned to making verses, but accomplished nothing worth while.

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).) — 21.16.4 focus

[4] Doctrinarum diligens affectator, sed cum a rhetorice per ingenium desereretur obtunsum, ad versificandum transgressus, nihil operae pretium fecit.

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History

1. Cf. Eusebius, Vita Constantini, iv. 51,

Constantinus M. filios omnino probe erudiendos magistris tradiderat peritissimis.

Wagner adds

e quorum disciplina si quid haesisset, iactare quavis data occasione solebat Constantius

; cf. Julian, Orat. i, pp. 28 ff. L.C.L.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 21.16.4

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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