Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 21.12.5

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[5] Et quia nihil praeter pugnam exspectabatur,¹ curatis utrubique cibo somnoque corporibus, aurora iam surgente,² concrepante sonitu bucinarum,³ partes accensae in clades mutuas, ferocientes magis quam consultius, elatis clamoribus ferebantur.

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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[5] And since now nothing was looked for except battle, both sides refreshed themselves with food and sleep; at daybreak the sound of the trumpets roused them to slay one another, and raising a shout they rushed to battle with more boldness than discretion.

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Res Gestae

1. expectabatur (ex from sugenteex, V, see note 4; am del. as dittography, i explained as belonging to quia), Her.; iam spectabantur, V.

2. sugenteex, V ( ex del. and r added by V 2).

3. bucinarum, Ihm in T.L.L.; bucinorum, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 21.12.5

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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