Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 14.6.9

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[9] Alii summum decus in carruchis solito altioribus, et ambitioso vestium cultu ponentes, sudant sub ponderibus lacernarum, quas in collis insertas iugulis¹ ipsis annectunt, nimia subtegminum tenuitate perflabiles perfiabilus, exceptantes eas manu utraque et vexantes² crebris agitationibus, maximeque sinistra, ut longiores fimbriae tunicaeque perspicue luceant, varietate liciorum effigiatae in species animalium multiformes.

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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History Perseus (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).) — 14.6.9 focus

[9] Other men, taking great pride in coaches higher than common and in ostentatious finery of apparel, sweat under heavy cloaks, which they fasten about their necks and bind around their very throats, while the air blows through them because of the excessive lightness of the material; and they lift them up with both hands and wave them with many gestures, especially with their left hands,¹ in order that the over-long fringes and the tunics embroidered with party-coloured threads in multiform figures of animals may be conspicuous.

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Res Gestae

1. inertas iugulis, W 2, Gronov; inserta singulis, V.

2. exceptantes eas (expendentes eas, Val.) manu utraque et vexantes, Novák; explicantes eas, Bentley, Traube; per pia uilis expectantes, V 2 in lac. 24 letters.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 14.6.9

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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