Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 21.16.7

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[7] Equitandi et iaculandi, maximeque perite dirigendi sagittas, artiumque armaturae pedestris¹ perquam scientissimus. Quod autem nec os tersisse umquam vel² nares in publico, nec spuisse, nec transtulisse in partem alterutram vultum aliquando est visus, nec pomorum quoad vixerat gustaverit (ut dicta saepius) praetermitto.

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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[7] In riding, in hurling the javelin, and especially in the skilful use of the bow, and in all the exercises of the foot-soldiers, he was an adept. That no one ever saw him wipe his mouth or nose in public, or spit, or turn his face in either direction,¹ or that so long as he lived he never tasted fruit, I leave unmentioned, since it has often been related.

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Res Gestae

1. pedestrios, V, see note 6.

2. nec os tersisse umquam vel, cf. xvi. 10, 10 (o from pedestrios, see note 5), Her.; autem stersisse cum quam nares (from mares), V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 21.16.7

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