Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 31.13.17

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[17] When Spain had been recovered, with a similar disaster the second of the Scipios,¹ we are told, was burned with a tower in which he had taken refuge and which the enemy had set on fire.² This much, at any rate, is certain, that neither Scipio nor Valens had the fortune of burial³ which is death’s final honour.

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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[17] Pari clade recuperatis Hispaniis, Scipionum alterum cremata turri in quam confugerat, absumptum incendio hostili comperimus. Illud tamen certum est, nec Scipioni nec Valenti sepulturam (qui supremitatis honor est) contigisse.

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1. I.e., Cn. Cornelius Scipio Calvus, 212 B.C. Livy, xxv. 36, 13.

2. Cf. Livy, xxv. 36, 13; Appian, Bell. Hisp. 3, 16 ( Rom. Hist. vi. 3, 16).

3. Cf. Iliad, 456; Virg., Aen. xi. 22; Val. Max. iv. 4, 2.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 31.13.17

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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