Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.4.16

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[16] Ita autem pauci sunt inter eos severi vindices delictorum ut, si aquam calidam tardius attulerit servus, trecentis affligi verberibus iubeatur: si hominem sponte occiderit propria, instantibus plurimis, ut damnetur ut reus,¹ dominus hactenus exclamabit:² Quid faciat male factis famosus³ et nequam? et siquid aliud eius modi⁴ deinceps ausus fuerit, corrigetur.⁵

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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[16] But a few among them are so strict in punishing offences, that if a slave is slow in bringing the hot water, they condemn him to suffer three hundred lashes; if he has intentionally killed a man, although many people insist that he be condemned to death, his master will merely cry out: What should a worthless fellow do, notorious for wicked deeds? But if he dares to do anything else like that hereafter, he shall be punished.

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Res Gestae

1. ut reus, Clark; iremus, V, deleted by Novák; iratus, Kiess.

2. exclamabit, Clark, c.c.; exclamet, Val., C. F. W. M., Kiessling; exclamat, V.

3. male factis famosus, Novák; ma (lac. 8 letters) mosus, V.

4. siquis aliud eiusmodi, Val. ( si quid, Clark); siquis (lac. 15 letters) di, V.

5. corrigetur, Val.; curetur, Pet.; cortu (lac. 11 letters) tis, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.4.16

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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