Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 26.5.11

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[11] Upon hearing the news, Valentinian, after raising the said Aequitius to the rank of a commander-in- chief,¹ decided to go back to Illyricum, lest the rebel after rushing through Thrace and being already formidable should invade Pannonia with a hostile army. For he was greatly alarmed by a recent example, recalling that Julian a short time before, making light of an emperor² who had been victor in all civil wars, contrary to all hope and expectation had passed with incredible speed from city to city.

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] His cognitis Valentinianus eodem Aequitio aucto magisterii dignitate, repedare ad Illyricum destinabat, ne persultatis Thraciis perduellis iam formidatus, invaderet hostili excursu Pannonias. Documento enim recenti impendio terrebatur, reputans paulo antea Iulianum, contempto imperatore,¹ bellorum civilium ubique victore, nec speratum ante nec exspectatum, ab urbe in urbem incredibili velocitate transisse.

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History

1. lit. of a magister; here,

magister militum per Illyricum

; cf. xxvi. 7, 11. He had been a count; cf. § 3, above. He was consul with Gratian in 374.

2. Constantius; cf. xiv. 10, 16; 11, 8.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 26.5.11

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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