Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 26.10.11

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[11] For when any one at that time had become powerful for any reason, and having almost royal authority and being consumed with longing to seize the goods of others, accused some clearly guiltless person, he was welcomed as an intimate and loyal friend,¹ who was to be enriched by the ruin of other men.

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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[11] Nam ut quisque ea tempestate ob quamlibet valuerat¹ causam, regio imperio² prope³ accedens, et aliena rapiendi aviditate exustus, licet aperte insontem, arcessens, ut familiaris suscipiebatur et fidus, ditandus casibus alienis.

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1. Of the emperor. The text and exact meaning are uncertain, although the general sense is clear; regio imperio prope accedens can hardly mean having access to the court, or hastening to the court, as the vulgate reading regiae prope accedens did.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 26.10.11

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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