Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), val2.7

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[36] Now during the reign of Zeno Augustus¹ at Constantinople, the patrician² Nepos came to the Port of the city of Rome,³ deposed Glycerius,⁴ who was made a bishop, while Nepos himself became emperor at Rome. Presently Nepos came⁵ to Ravenna; he was followed by the patrician Orestes with an army,⁶ and in fear of his coming Nepos embarked on board a ship and fled to Salona,⁷ where he remained for five years; but later he was slain by his own men. Soon after Nepos left Rome Augustulus was made emperor and ruled for ten years.

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

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[36] Igitur imperante Zenone Augusto Constantinopoli, superveniens Nepos patricius ad Portum urbis Romae, deposuit de imperio Glycerium et factus est episcopus et Nepos factus imperator Romae. Mox veniens¹ Ravennam; quem persequens Orestes patricius cum exercitu, metuens Nepos adventum Orestis, ascendens navem fugam petit ad Salonam et ibi mansit per annos quinque; postea vero a suis occiditur. Mox eo egresso factus² imperator Augustulus. Augustulus imperavit annos X.

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1. Emperor of the East, 474–491.

2. See Vol. I, Introduction, p. xxviii; at this time a patricius outranked a praetorian prefect.

3. Portus Augusti, modern Porto; see Index I, Vol. I.

4. Emperor of the West, 473–474. Nepos forced him to become a priest, and soon after that he was made a—bishop at Salona. Julius Nepos was emperor from 474 to 475.

5. The present participle in this writer is often used as a finite verb.

6. Nepos had given him command of the troops in Gaul.

7. Or Salonae (Caes., B.C. iii. 9, 1 f.), a Dalmatian seaport; modern Split (formerly Spalato) in Yugoslavia.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae val2.7

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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