Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.8.41

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[41] Then, a long distance away, is a peninsula inhabited by the Sindi, people of low birth, who after the disaster to their masters in Asia¹ got possession of their wives and property. Next to these is a narrow strip of shore which the natives call ʼἀχιλλέως δρόμος, memorable in times past for the exercises of the Thessalian leader.² And next to it is the city Tyros, a colony of the Phoenicians, washed by the river Tyras.³

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

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[41] Longo exinde intervallo paene est insula, quam incolunt Sindi ignobiles, post eriles in Asia casus, coniugiis potiti dominorum et rebus, quibus subiectum gracile litus Ἀχιλλέως vocant indigenae δρόμον, exercitiis ducis quondam Thessali memorabilem. Eique proxima est civitas Tyros, colonia Phoenicum, quam praestringit fluvius Tyras.

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1. By a servile war; see Justin, ii. 5, 1-8.

2. The racecourse of Achilles.

3. See Mela, ii. 1, 55; Pliny, N.H. iv. 83.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.8.41

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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