Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.4.17

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[17] Civilitatis¹ autem hoc apud eos est nunc summum,² quod expedit peregrino fratrem³ interficere cuiuslibet, quam cum rogatus sit⁴ ad convivium excusare: defectum enim patrimonii se opimi⁵ perpeti senator existimat, si is defuerit quem aliquotiens libratis sententiis, invitaverit semel.

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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[17] But the height of refinement with these men at present is, that it is better for a stranger to kill any man’s brother than to decline his invitation to dinner. For a senator thinks that he is suffering the loss of a rich property, if the man whom he has, after considerable weighing of pros and cons, invited once, fails to appear at his table.

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Res Gestae

1. ciuilitatis, G; for V see note 5.

2. summum, added by Eyssen.; uel maximum, Novák; G omits; (lac. 8 letters) m, V.

3. fratrem, Val.; fratres iure, G; frure, V.

4. quamquam rogatus (lac. 5 letters), V; quam cum rogatur, Val.; quam cum rogatus sit, Eyssen.

5. opimi, Her. (cf. xxix. 1, 43); oppido, Lind.; G omits; oppidi, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.4.17

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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