Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 22.10.1

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[1] Ibi hiemans ex sententia, nullis interim voluptatium¹ rapiebatur² illecebris, quibus abundant Syriae omnes, verum per speciem quietis, iudicialibus causis intentus, non minus quam arduis bellicisque, distrahebatur multiformibus curis, exquisita docilitate deliberans,³ quibus modis suum cuique tribueret, iustisque sententiis, et improbi modicis coercerentur suppliciis, et innocentes⁴ fortunis defenderentur intactis.

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).) — 22.10.1 focus

[1] Passing the winter there to his heart’s content, he was meanwhile carried away by no incitements of the pleasures in which all Syria abounds; but as if for recreation devoting his attention to cases at law, not less than to difficult and warlike affairs, he was distracted by many cares, as with remarkable willingness to receive information he deliberated how he might give each man his due by righteous decisions, bringing the guilty to order with moderate punishments and protecting the innocent with the safety of their property.

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Res Gestae

1. voluptatium, C 2; voluptatum, AG; voluptatis, Val.; voluptatibus, V.

2. rapiebatur, vulgo; pariebatur, V.

3. deliberans, Corn.; librans, BG; liberans, V.

4. et innocentes, added by G; et innoxii, Her.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 22.10.1

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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