Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 16.12.24

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[24] Et Chonodomarius quidem nefarius turbinis¹ totius incentor, cuius vertici flammeus torulus aptabatur, anteibat cornu sinistrum, audax et fidens ingenti robore lacertorum, ubi ardor proelii sperabatur, immanis, equo spumante sublimior, erectus in iaculum formidandae vastitatis, armorumque nitore conspicuus ante alios,² et strenuus³ miles et utilis praeter ceteros ductor.

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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[24] And Chonodomarius, who was in fact the infamous instigator of the whole disturbance, rode before the left wing with a flame-coloured plume on his helmet, a bold man, who relied upon his mighty muscular strength, a huge figure wherever the heat of battle was looked for; erect on his foaming steed, he towered with a lance of formidable size; made conspicuous above others by the gleam of his armour, he was both a doughty soldier and a skilful general beyond all the rest.

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Res Gestae

1. turbinis, Her.; belli, AG; boni, V.

2. ante alios, Mommsen (with conspicuus, Her.).

3. et strenuus, transposed by Clark, et deleted by Her.; antea strenuus et miles, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 16.12.24

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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