Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 14.6.18

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[18] Quod cum ita sit, paucae domus studiorum seriis cultibus antea celebratae, nunc ludibriis ignaviae torpentis¹ exundant, vocabili sonu, perflabili tinnitu fidium resultantes. Denique pro philosopho cantor, et in locum oratoris doctor artium ludicrarum accitur, et bibliothecis sepulcrorum sepulcroram ritu in perpetuum clausis, organa fabricantur hydraulica, et lyrae ad speciem² carpentorum ingentes, tibiaeque et histrionici gestus instrumenta non levia.

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

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Res Gestae (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., editor. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).)

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[18] In consequence of this state of things, the few houses that were formerly famed for devotion to serious pursuits now teem with the sports of sluggish indolence, re-echoing to the sound of singing and the tinkling of flutes and lyres. In short, in place of the philosopher the singer is called in, and in place of the orator the teacher of stagecraft, and while the libraries are shut up forever like tombs, water-organs are manufactured and lyres as large as carriages, and flutes and instruments heavy for gesticulating actors.

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Res Gestae

1. torpentis, vulgo; torrentes, V.

2. ad, BG in E 2; de specie, Eyssen.; de speciem, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 14.6.18

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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