Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.1.44

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[44] Post hunc venit Ursicinus ad mitiora propensior, qui quoniam cautus esse voluit et civilis, rettulerat Esaiam cum aliis, ob commissum adulterium in Rufinam detentis, Marcellum maritum eius ex agente in rebus reum imminutae maiestatis deferre conari:¹ ideoque ut cunctator contemptus, et ad haec fortiter exsequenda parum conveniens,² e vicaria potestate³ discessit.

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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[44] After him came Ursicinus, inclined to milder measures; he, wishing to be prudent and kindly, had referred to the Court the information that Esaias (with others who had been imprisoned because of adulterous relations with Rufina) was trying to bring a charge of treason against her husband, Marcellus, a former agent of the state. In consequence, Ursicinus was despised as inactive and unfit for the vigorous prosecution of such matters, and was forced to withdraw from his deputyship.

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1. conari, Momm.; conatos, Günther; conatis, V.

2. conueniensque, V; aptus conueniensque, Novák.

3. e uicaria potestate, G; efficere testate, V; quae efficeret exacte, Pet.; quae efficere (lac.) abrogata potestate, Her.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.1.44

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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