Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.4.8

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[8] Others, resplendent in silken garments, as though they were to be led to death,¹ or as if (to speak without any evil omen) they were bringing up the rear² preceded by an army, are followed by a throng of slaves drawn up in troops, amid noise and confusion.

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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[8] Non nullos fulgentes sericis indumentis, ut ducendos duceudos ad mortem, vel ut sine diritate ominis loquamur, praegresso exercitu, arma cogentes,¹ manipulatim concitato fragore sequitur multitudo multitude servorum.

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1. Cf. xvi. 5, 5, where Lind. cites

reflabilis tori plumeo sepulcro superba

from Zeno Veronensis, Orat. de Spiritu et Corp., p. 367.

2. As commanders of the army; see xxv. 1, 5.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.4.8

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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