Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 25.10.8

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[8] This sad news was followed by another message, this time a happy one, namely, that soldiers sent by Jovian, heads of the divisions,¹ as camp parlance termed them, were on the way, reporting that the Gallic army embraced with favour the rule of Jovian.

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

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[8] His ita tristibus laetum aliud addebatur, missos a Iovino milites adventare, quos capita scholarum ordo castrensis appellat, nuntiantes aequo animo Ioviani imperium amplecti exercitum Gallicanum.

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1. There were many military scholae (see Index II., vol. i. s.v., and cf. xiv. 7, 9); capita is a general term for the various officers commanding them; cf. capita contubernii, Veget. ii. 8 and 13.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 25.10.8

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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