Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 30.3.5

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[5] On the other side the Augustus embarked on some river-boats,¹ himself also hedged by a throng of military officers and conspicuous amid the brilliance of flashing standards, and cautiously² approached the shore. Finally, the savages ceased their immoderate gesticulation and barbaric tumult, and after much had been said and heard on both sides, friendship was confirmed between them³ by the sanctity of an oath.

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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[5] Contra Augustus escensis¹ amnicis lembis, saeptus ipse quoque multitudine castrensium ordinum, tutius prope ripas accessit, signorum fulgentium nitore conspicuus, et immodestis gestibus murmureque barbarico tandem sedato, post dicta et audita ultro citroque versus,² amicitia media sacramenti³ fide firmatur.

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1. Perhaps the same as the lusoriae naves of xvii. 2, 3, note; xviii. 2, 12.

2. Cf. cunctator et tutus, xxvii. 10, 10.

3. Cf. in medio, xviii. 5, 7, quodam medio fetiali.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 30.3.5

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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