Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 23.6.65

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[65] Through this land, consisting of a plain of wide extent,¹ surrounded on all sides by precipitous cliffs, two rivers of famous name, the Oechartis and the Bautis,² flow in a somewhat slow course. The nature of the various tracts is unlike, being now open and flat and now descending in gentle slopes; and therefore the land overflows in grain, flocks, and orchards.

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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[65] Hanc itaque planitiem undique prona declivitate praeruptam, terrasque lato situ distentas, duo famosi nominis flumina Oechardes Oechartis et Bautis lentiore meatu percurrunt. Et dispar est tractuum diversorum ingenium: hic patulum alibi molli devexitate subductum, ideoque satietate frugum et pecoribus et arbustis exuberat.

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1. For situ, structure, form, cf. Horace, Odes, iii. 30, 2,

regalique situ pyramidum altius.

As this meaning seems not to occur elsewhere, this may be a reminiscence; cf. bene numrnatum, xiv. 6, 12, note.

2. The Selenga and the Hoang Ho.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 23.6.65

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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