Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 15.4.11

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[11] Qui cum commissis sibi militibus, pro causa communi se velut propria Deciorum veterum exemplo voventes, more¹ fluminis hostibus superfusi, non iusto proelio sed discursionibus rapidis,² universos in fugam coegere foedissimam. Qui dispersi laxatis ordinibus, dumque elabi properant impediti, corpora nudantes intecta, gladiorum hastarumque densis ictibus truncabantur.

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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[11] They with the soldiers under their command, devoting themselves on behalf of the common cause, like the Decii of old,¹ poured like a torrent upon the enemy, and not in a pitched battle, but in a series of swift skirmishes, put them all to most shameful flight. And as they scattered with broken ranks and encumbered by their haste to escape, they exposed themselves unprotected, and by many a thrust of swords and spears were cut to pieces.

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Res Gestae

1. Qui cum comnmissis uouentes, more, Her. (cf. xvi. 10, 3; xxiii. 5, 19); promote (lac. 30 letters) missis sibi (lac. of 11 letters) causa communis velut propri (lac. of 18 letters) ueterum exemplo usuentere, V.

2. rapidis, Her. in lac. of 9 letters.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 15.4.11

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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