Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.2.12

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[12] Nec quisquam adventum eorum cavere poterat inopinum, non destinata, sed varia petentium et longinqua, et quocumque¹ ventus duxerat, inrumpentium erumpentum:² quam ob causam prae ceteris hostibus Saxones timentur ut repentini. Et quamlibet coniurati³ multorum opes attriverint, oestroque concepti furoris exagitati, strages⁴ edidere luctificas, sanguinis nihilo minus avidi quam praedarum, tamen⁵ ne per minutias gesta narrando, rectum aliquatenus⁶ operis impediam cursum, id unum sufficiet, eorum exitiale poni commentum.

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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[12] No one could guard against their unexpected coming, since they did not assail previously chosen places, but various quarters and those that were far removed, breaking out wherever the wind took them—the same reason that makes the Saxons feared before all other enemies for their sudden raids.¹ But although these confederate bands destroyed the property of many, and, driven by the gadfly of the madness which they had conceived, caused lamentable slaughter, being no less greedy for blood than for booty, yet for fear that by giving a minute account of their deeds I may somewhat delay the direct course of my project, it will suffice to tell of this one destructive and welldevised stroke of theirs.

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Res Gestae

1. quocumque, Novák; quoquo, G; quaque, V.

2. erumpenttum, Löfstedt; perrumpentum, Pet.; torum pentum, V.

3. coniurati, Lind.; coniuratis, G; coniuratus, V.

4. strages edidere, Val.; caedes dedere, G; exagitatis r (lac. 2 letters) ese dedere, V.

5. tamen, vulgo; lac. 3 letters, reme, V.

6. rectum aliquatenus, Brakman, Novák; r (lac. 10 letters) enus, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.2.12

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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