Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 29.4.4

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[4] There he chanced to find some of the traders¹ leading slaves intended for sale, and because he suspected that they would quickly run off and report what they had seen, he took their wares² from them and killed them all.

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).) — 29.4.4 focus

[4] Et quia suspicabatur venalia ducentes mancipia scurras, casu illic repertos, id quod viderant, excursu celeri nuntiare, cunctos mercibus direptis occidit.

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1. scurrae is used also of Germans serving in the Roman army. Cf. Lampr., Alex. Sev. 61, 3,

unus ex Germanis, qui scurrarum officium sustinebat.

Here perhaps campfollowers.

2. I.e., the slaves.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 29.4.4

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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