Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), val1.3.8

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[8] Maximianus¹ took refuge with Constantine. Then Galerius made Licinius a Caesar² in Illyricum, and after that, leaving him in Pannonia, returned himself to Serdica, where he was attacked by a violent disease and wasted away so completely, that he died with the inner parts of his body exposed and in a state of corruption³ —a punishment for a most unjust persecution,⁴ which recoiled as a well-merited penalty upon the author of the iniquitous order. He ruled for nineteen years.

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

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[8] Ille ad Constantinum refugit. Tune Galerius in Illyrico Licinium Caesarem fecit. Deinde illo in Pannonia relicto, ipse ad Serdicam regressus, morbo ingenti¹ occupatus sic distabuit, ut aperto et putrescenti viscere moreretur, in supplicium persecutionis iniquissimae ad auctorem scelerati praecepti iustissima poena redeunte. Imperavit annos XVIIII.

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1. Ille seems to refer to Maximianus, who wished to resume his imperial power; if so, something is missing from the text.

2. Other writers imply that he was made an Augustus at once.

3. Cf. Oros. vii. 28, 12, put rescente introrsum pectore et visceribus dissolutis

4. Of the Christians; cf. Lact., De Mort. Persec. 33; Eusebius, Church Hist. viii. 16, 3 ff.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae val1.3.8

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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