Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 23.1.5

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[5] When these matters had been arranged as planned, he was alarmed by an omen which, as the result showed, was most trustworthy. For when Felix, head of the public treasury, had suddenly died of a haemorrhage, and Count Julian had followed him to the grave, the people as they looked at the public inscriptions, uttered the names as Felix, Julianus and Augustus.¹

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

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[5] Quibus ut convenerat ordinatis, terrebatur omine quodam, ut docuit exitus, praesentissimo. Felice enim largitionum comite profluvio sanguinis repente exstincto, eumque comite Iuliano secuto, vulgus publicos contuens titulos, Felicem Iulianum Augustumque pronuntiabat.

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1. A grim jest of the people of Antioch. The official inscriptions read: D(ominus) N(oster) Claudius Iulianus P(ius) F (elix) Augustus. The people omitted some words and read: Felix, Iulianus, Augustus, implying that Augustus (i.e. Julian) would follow Felix and Count Julianus to the grave.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 23.1.5

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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