Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 19.4.2

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[2] Nimietatem frigoris aut caloris, vel umoris vel siccitatis, pestilentias gignere philosophi et illustres medici tradiderunt. Unde accolentes loca palustria vel umecta tusses et oculares¹ casus et similia perferunt, contra confines caloribus tepore² febrium arescunt.³ Sed quanto ignis materies ceteris est efficacior,⁴ tanto ad perimendum celerior siccitas.

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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[2] Philosophers and eminent physicians have told us that an excess of cold or heat, or of moisture or dryness, produces plagues. Hence those who dwell in marshy or damp places suffer from coughs, from affections of the eyes, and from similar complaints; on the other hand, the inhabitants of hot climates dry up with the heat of fever. But by as much as the substance of fire is fiercer and more effective than the other elements, by so much is drought the swifter to kill.

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Res Gestae

1. humecta fusses et oculares, Lind.; umectatus sese ioculares, V.

2. tepore, G; tempore, V.

3. arescunt, G; arescentes, V; lac. after arescentes, Novák; arescunt frequentes, Her.

4. materia est acrior ceteris et efficacior suggested by Novák.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 19.4.2

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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