Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), val1.2.4

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[4] Then at last Galerius sent him back to his father. But in order to avoid meeting Severus¹ as he passed through Italy, Constantine crossed the Alps with the greatest haste, ordering the post-horses to be killed² as he went on; and he came up with his father Constantius at Bononia,³ which the Gauls formerly called Gesoriacum. But his father Constantius, after winning a victory over the Picts, died at York, and Constantine was unanimously hailed as Caesar by all the troops.

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] Tune eum Galerius patri remisit. Qui ut Severum per Italiam transiens vitaret, summa festinatione veredis post se truncatis Alpes transgressus, ad patrem Constantium venit apud Bononiam, quam Galli prius Gesoriacum vocabant. Post victoriam autem Pictorum Constantius pater Eboraci mortuus est, et Constantinus omnium militum consensu Caesar creatus.

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1. He had been appointed Caesar by Galerius; see 3, 5, below.

2. At each station, so that his pursuers could not use them; cf. Zos. ii. 8; Ps.-Aur. Vict., Caesares, 40, 2, cum ad frustrandos insequentes publica iumenta quaqua iter egerat interficeret; and for another meaning, Amm. xv. 1, 2.

3. Boulogne, cf. Amm. xx. 1, 3.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae val1.2.4

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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