Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 29.1.21

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[21] The result was that many innocent persons under the appearance of mercy were thrust forth from their homes, and driven headlong into exile; and their property, which was consigned to the treasury, the emperor himself turned to his own profit,¹ while the condemned, worn out by the privations of fearful poverty, were reduced to beggary—and that is a fate to avoid which the wise old poet Theognis advises us actually to hurl ourselves into the sea.²

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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[21] Inde factum est ut clementiae specie penatibus multi protruderentur insontes, praeceps¹ in exsilium acti, quorum in aerario bona coacta et ipse ad quaestus proprios redigebat, ut damnati cibo precario victitarent, angustiis formidandae paupertatis attriti, cuius metu vel in mare nos ire praecipites suadet Theognis poeta vetus et prudens.

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1. Hadrian and Septimius Severus put such money into the public treasury; see Spart., Hadr. 7, 7; Capitolinus, Albinus, 12, 4.

2. Edmonds, Elegy and Iambus, i. p. 248, 175 ff., L.C.L.:—

Ἄνδρ᾽ ἀγαθὸν πενίη πάντων δάμνησι μάλιστα,

καὶ γήρως πολιοῦ, κύρνε, καὶ ἠπιάλου.

ἣν δὴ χρὴ φεύγοντα καὶ ἐς βαθυκήτεα πόντον

ρἱπτεῖν, καὶ πετρέων, κύρνε, κατ᾽ ἠλιβάτων.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 29.1.21

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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