Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.7.2

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

View: By Chapter

← Previous Next →

[2] Then, when Mamertinus gave games in the Circus and the slaves that were to be manumitted were led in by the assistant master of ceremonies,¹ the emperor himself, with too great haste, pronounced the usual formula, that it be done according to law;² and on being reminded that the jurisdiction that day belonged to another,³ he fined himself ten pounds of gold, as guilty of an oversight.

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

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Tufts University.

Current edition Perseus

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).)

Editions (1)

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).) — 22.7.2 focus

[2] Dein Mamertino ludos edente circenses, manu mittendis ex more inductis per admissionum proximum, ipse lege agi ocius¹ dixerat, ut solebat, statimque admonitus iuris dictionem eo die ad alterum pertinere, ut errato obnoxium, decem libris auri semet ipse multavit.²

Notes on the current edition

History

1. The consuls on entering office gave games lasting three days, and usually freed some slaves in the presence of the people.

2. Manumitting slaves was a legal process, and the enactment was introduced by a formula; cf. Vopiscus, Aurel. 14 (of the adoption of Aurelian),

iube lege agatur, fitque Aurelianus heres

, etc.

3. Probably to Mamertinus, as the consul giving the games.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.7.2

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

Search the Perseus Catalog for:

Current edition Perseus

Notes on the current edition

Stable identifiers