Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 21.5.7

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[7] In support of this plan¹ do you, I pray, after the manner of those who trust their leaders,² promise under oath your lasting and faithful accord; I for my part will strive diligently and anxiously that nothing be done rashly or with faint heart, and I will show, if any one require it, my conscience clean, in that I will undertake or try nothing willingly except what contributes to the common weal.

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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[7] Ad quae¹ vos ex more fidentium ducum, iuramento quaeso concordiam spondete mansuram et fidem,² operam mi³ navaturo sedulam et sollicitam,⁴ nequid agatur inconsultum et segne, et producturo, siquis exegerit, incorruptam conscientiam meam, quod nihil voluntate praeter ea, quae in commune conducunt, aggrediar aut temptabo.

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1. Pighius (see crit. note) takes ut . . . ex more as tautology, citing Spart. Hadr. 15, 2; Livy, iv. 2, 4; etc.

2. So Pighius, citing Lucan, ix. 373, and Statius, Theb. vi. 678, for fidens with a genitive.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 21.5.7

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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