Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), val2.11.55

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[55] So Theodoric entered Ravenna, and after several days Odoacar laid a snare for him: but Theodoric discovered him in the palace and forestalled him, then caught him off his guard and with his own hand slew him with a sword as he was coming into the Laurel Grove.¹

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

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[55] Sic ingressus est Theodericus et post aliquot dies, dum ei Odoacar insidiaretur, detectus ante¹ ab eo praeventus in palatio, manu sua Theodericus eum in Lauretum pervenientem gladio interemit.

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1. Apparently in, or near, Ravenna; cf. Pinetam, and see § 57, below, which implies that Theodoric killed Odoacar in Ravenna. According to A. Sleumer, Kirchenlatein. Wörterbuch (1926), s.v., Lauretum was a city near Ancona, but he does not cite this passage.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae val2.11.55

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