Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 25.6.2

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[2] Proinde egredi iam coeptantes, adoriuntur nos elephantis praeviis Persae, ad quorum fremitum faetorem¹ inaccessum terribilemque,² equis inter initia turbatis et viris, Ioviani et Herculiani, occisis beluis paucis, cataphractis equitibus acriter resistebant.³

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).) — 25.6.2 focus

[2] But when we accordingly were just beginning to leave, the Persians attacked us, with the elephants in front. By the unapproachable and frightful stench of these brutes horses and men were at first thrown into confusion, but the Joviani and Herculiani,¹ after killing a few of the beasts, bravely resisted the mail clad horsemen.

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Res Gestae

1. faetorem, Giinther; fremitum, EBG; fraetum, V.

2. -que, tr. by Her., Clark; inaccessumque, V ( inaccessum, restored by Her.; accessumque, E 2; incessumque, PB).

3. resistebant, Clark; restiterunt, EBGV 3, from resisterunt (-ant?), V 2.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 25.6.2

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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