Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 26.9.11

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[11] Excessit autem vita Procopius anno quadragesimo, amplius mensibus decem: corpore non indecoro, nec mediocris staturae, subaquilus,¹ humumque intuendo semper incedens, perque morum tristium latebras, illius similis Crassi, quem in vita semel risisse, Lucilius affirmat et Tullius, sed² (quod est mirandum), quoad vixerat, incruentus.

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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[11] Procopius departed this life at the age of forty years and ten months. Personally he was a tall man and not bad looking; he was somewhat dark complexioned, and walked with his gaze always fixed on the ground. In his secretive and gloomy nature he was like that Crassus¹ who, as Lucilius and Cicero declare, laughed only once in his life; but the surprising thing is, that throughout all his life he was not stained with bloodshed.

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1. subaquilus, Her.; subcurvus, W 2AG; subfusculu, sugg. by Clark; subcuitus, V.

2. sed, Bent., Hermann; set, Eyssen.; et, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 26.9.11

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