Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 21.5.13

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[13] After taking these precautions, as the greatness of the enterprise demanded, Julian, knowing by experience the value of anticipating and outstripping an adversary in troublous times,¹ having given written² order for a march into Pannonia, advanced his camp and his standards, and unhesitatingly³ committed himself to whatever Fortune might offer.

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

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[13] His Iulianus, ut poscebat negotii magnitudo, praestructis, expertus quid in rebus tumultuosis anteversio valeat et praegressus, per tesseram edicto itinere in Pannonias, castris promotis et signis, temere se fortunae commisit ambiguae.

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1. Cf. 5, 1, above; xxvi. 7, 4; Sallust, Cat. xliii. 4,

maximum bonum in celeritate putabat.

2. Cf. Suet. Galba, 6, 2. The tessera was a square tablet on which the watchword (see xiv. 2, 15) or an order, was written; in xxiii. 2, 2, expeditionalis tessera is used for an order to march.

3. temere usually means rashly, without consideration, but here the word seems to be used in a good, or at least in a neutral, sense.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 21.5.13

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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