Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.9.8

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[8] Then, after Julian had worshipped the deity and propitiated her with victims and vows, he returned to Ancyra.¹ And as he continued his journey from there, the multitude annoyed him, some demanding the return of what had been wrested from them by violence, others complaining that they had unjustly been forced onto the boards of senators,² while some, without regard to their own danger, exerted themselves to the point of madness to involve their opponents in charges of high treason.

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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[8] Venerato igitur numine, hostiisque litato et votis, Ancyram rediit¹ : eumque exinde progredientem ulterius, multitudo inquietabat, pars violenter erepta reddi sibi poscentium, alii querentes consortiis se curialium² addictos iniuste, non nulli sine respectu periculi agentes ad usque rabiem, ut adversarios suos laesae maiestatis criminibus illigarent.

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1. Modern Angora.

2. The position of curialis, or local senator, was an honorary office, without pay, and imposing many obligations. Therefore many sought to avoid such positions, and it was necessary to force men to take them. Julian was not always indulgent in such cases; see 9, 12, below, and cf. xxv. 4, 21.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.9.8

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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