Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 16.12.58

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[58] Dum haec ita aguntur,¹ rex Chonodomarius reperta copia discedendi, lapsus per funerum strues, cum satellitibus paucis, celeritate rapida properabat ad castra, quae prope Tribuncos et Concordiam munimenta Romana, fixit intrepidus, ut escensis navigiis, dudum paratis ad casus ancipites, in secretis² secessibus se³ amendaret.⁴

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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[58] While this was thus going on, King Chonodomarius found means to get away by slipping through the heaps of corpses with a few of his attendants, and hastened at top speed towards the camp which he had boldly pitched near the Roman fortifications of Tribunci¹ and Concordia,² his purpose being to embark in some boats which he had sometime before got ready for any emergency, and hide himself away in some secret retreat.

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Res Gestae

1. ita aguntur, Novák, cf. xvii. 11, 5, etc. ( aguntur added by AG; V omits).

2. in secretis, V; in deleted by Her.

3. se, added by Val. before secessibus; transposed by Novák; V omits.

4. amendaret, Val.; se mandaret, Mommsen; emendaret, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 16.12.58

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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