Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 23.6.66

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[66] Incolunt autem fecundissimam glebam variae gentes, e¹ quibus Anthropophagi² et Annibi Anibi et Sizyges et Chardi aquilonibus obiecti sunt et pruinis. Exortum vero solis suspiciunt Rabannae et Asmirae, et Essedones omnium splendidissimi, quibus Athagurae Athagorae³ ab occidentali parte cohaerent et Aspacarae.⁴ Baetae vero australi celsitudine montium inclinati, urbibus licet non multis, magnis tamen celebrantur et opulentis, inter quas maximae Asmira et Essedon et Aspacara Asparata et Sera nitidae sunt et notissimae.

Res Gestae. Ammianus Marcellinus. John C. Rolfe (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1935-1940.

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[66] On this very fruitful soil dwell various peoples, of which the Anthropophagi, Anibi, Sizyges and Chardi lie towards the north and the snows. Towards the rising sun are the Rabannae, Asmirae, and the Essedones, the most famed of all; close to them, on the west, are the Athagorae, and the Aspacarae. In the south are the Baetae, dwelling on the slopes of high mountains. They are famed for cities which, though not numerous, are large and prosperous; the greatest of these, Asmira, Essedon, Asparata, and Sera, are beautiful and well known.

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Res Gestae

1. e, G; V omits.

2. Anthropophagi, Haupt; Alitrophagi, EG, Her.; alitro fagi, V.

3. Athagorae, V; Athagurae, Gardt. from Ptol.

4. Aspacarae, N 2; Asparata, V; Aspacara, Gardt., cf. Ptol.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 23.6.66

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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