Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 31.12.4

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[4] Accordingly, advancing in square formation,¹ he came to the vicinity of a suburb of Hadrianopolis,² where he made a strong rampart of stakes, surrounded by a moat, and impatiently waited for Gratian; there he received Richomeres, general of the household troops, sent in advance by Gratian with a letter, in which he said that he himself also would soon be there.

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] Proinde agmine quadrato incedens, prope suburbanum Hadrianopoleos Hadrianupoleos venit, ubi vallo sudibus fossaque firmato, Gratianum impatienter operiens, Richomerem comitem domesticorum suscepit, ab eodem imperatore praemissum cum litteris, ipsum quoque venturum mox indicantibus.

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1. See xxix. 5, 39, note on agmine quadrato.

2. Or perhaps to the vicinity of Hadrianopolis—with Ammianus’ usual tautology. Clark has Hadrianupolis, with V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 31.12.4

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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