Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 16.12.28

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[28] Quo viso, animosus contra labores maximos Caesar, ducentis equitibus saeptus, ut ardor negotii flagitabat, agmina peditum impetu¹ veloci discurrerent, verbis hortabatur et gestu.²

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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[28] On seeing this, Caesar, who was courageous in the face of the greatest dangers, surrounded himself with an escort of two hundred horsemen, as the violence of this affair demanded, and with word and action urged the lines of infantry to deploy with swift speed.

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Res Gestae

1. ut impetu, suggested by Clark.

2. et gestu, added by Novak, cf. xix. 11, 9.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 16.12.28

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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