Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 27.6.2

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[2] For as prefect of the city,¹ in the administration of which office he died, through fear of the precarious situation of the tyrant,² through whose choice he had risen to that high position as if for the lack of worthy men, he was compelled to assume the appearance of mildness and clemency.

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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Res Gestae Perseus (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).) — 27.6.2 focus

[2] In praefectura enim urbana, quam adhuc administrans exstinctus est, tempus anceps metuens tyrannidis, cuius arbitrio, tamquam inter dignorum inopiam, ad id escenderat¹ columen,² lenis videri cogebatur et mollior.

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1. This was later. He was proconsul in 371 and 372, and city prefect in 388.

2. Maximus, who slew Gratian and ruled for five years. His rise and fall are vividly described by Kipling in Puck of Pooke’s Hill.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 27.6.2

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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