Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.5.1

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[1] In the third consulship of the two Augusti a¹ horde of Saxons² broke out, and after overcoming the dangers of the Ocean advanced at rapid pace towards the Roman frontier,³ having often been glutted with the slaughter of our people. The storm of this first inroad was met by Nannenus, the general in charge of those regions, a leader approved by long experience in wars.

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).) — 28.5.1 focus

[1] Erupit Augustis ter consulibus Saxonum multitudo multitude, et Oceani difficultatibus permeatis, Romanum limitem gradu petebat intento, saepe nostrorum funeribus pasta: cuius eruptionis primae procellam Nannenus sustinuit comes, regionibus eisdem appositus, dux¹ diuturno bellorum labore compertus.

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History

1. 370 A.D.

2. Hieronymus puts the defeat of the Saxons in 374, Cassiodorus in 373. They first appear in history under Diocletian, and had their home in what is now Hqlstein.

3. Of Gaul.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.5.1

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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