Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 20.1.2

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[2] Ire igitur ad haec ratione vel vi¹ componenda, Lupicinum placuit, ea tempestate magistrum armorum, bellicosum sane et castrensis rei peritum, sed supercilia erigentem ut cornua,² et de tragico (quod aiunt) cothurno strepentem, super quo³ diu ambigebatur, avarus esset potius an crudelis.

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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History Perseus (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).) — 20.1.2 focus

[2] Therefore he decided that Lupicinus,¹ who was at that time commander-in-chief, should be sent to settle the troubles either by argument or by force; he was indeed a warlike man and skilled in military affairs, but one who raised his brows like horns² and ranted in the tragic buskin (as the saying is), and about whom men were long in doubt whether he was more covetous or more cruel.

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Res Gestae

1. ui, added by Val.; V omits.

2. ut cornua, EBG; incongrue, Corn.; cornuae et, V.

3. quo, T 2A; quod, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 20.1.2

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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