Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 29.3.4

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[4] A man in charge of a smithy brought to the emperor a breastplate artistically embellished, and expected a reward for it; but Valentinian ordered him to be put to death with equal cruelty because the piece¹ of iron armour had a little less weight than he had stipulated. An elder of the Christian faith from Epirus, who was a favourite of Octavianus,² the former proconsul, . . . and the author of the charges was sent back, although somewhat tardily, to his home.³

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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[4] Praepositum fabricae oblato thorace polito faberrime, praemiumque ideo exspectantem, ea re praecepit occidi diritate pari¹ quod pondus paulo minus habuit species ferrea, quam ille firmarat. Epiroten² aliquem ritus Christiani presbyterum acceptum Octaviano³ ex proconsule offensarum auctore licet tardius ad sua remisso.⁴

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1. For species, cf. xiv. 9, 7.

2. Cf. xxiii. 1, 4.

3. The sentence is corrupt. The earlier editors inserted words from the Chronicle of Hieronymus of 372, meaning was executed because he had concealed Octavianus . . . who had taken refuge at his house.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 29.3.4

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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