Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.8.46

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[46] Now the entire Pontus throughout its whole circuit is misty,¹ has sweeter² waters than the other seas,³ and is full of shoals, since the air is often thickened and condensed from the evaporation of moisture, and is tempered by the great masses of water that flow into it; and, because the many rivers that pour into it from every side bring in mud and clods, it rises in shoals that are full of ridges.

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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[46] Omnis autem circumfluo ambitu Pontus et nebulosus est, et dulcior aequorum ceteris et vadosus, quod et concrescit aer ex umorum spiramine saepe densatus, et irruentium undarum magnitudine temperatur, et consurgit in brevia dorsuosa, limum glebasque¹ aggerente multitudine circumvenientium fluentorum.

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History

1. Cf. Mela, i. 19, 102,

brevis, atrox, nebulosus

, etc.

2. I.e. fresher.

3. Cf. Sail., Hist. iii. 65, Maur.,

mare Ponticum dulcius quam cetera

; Val. Flacc. iv. 719 ff.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.8.46

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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