Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.4.19

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[19] Dein cum a Silvani lavacro vel Mamaeae aquis ventitant sospitalibus, ut quisquam eorum egressus, tenuissimis se terserit linteis, solutis¹ pressoriis, vestes luce nitentes ambigua diligenter explorat, quae una portantur sufficientes ad induendos homines undecim: tandemque electis aliquot involutus, receptis anulis quos (ne violentur humoribus) famulo tradidit,² digitis ut metatis abit.³

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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[19] Then when they come from the bath of Silvanus or from the healing waters of Mamaea,¹ as any one of them emerges he has himself dried with the finest linens, opens the presses and carefully searches amongst garments shimmering with shifting light, of which he brings enough with him to clothe eleven men. At length, some are chosen and he puts them on; then he takes back his rings, which, in order that the dampness may not injure them, he has handed to a servant, and after his fingers have been as good as measured to receive them, he departs.

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Res Gestae

1. solutis, Lipsius; politas, Pet.; solitis, V.

2. tradidit, Clark, c.c.; tradiderat, G; tradeat, V.

3. ut metatis abit ( abiit, Clark), G; et metatis ne id ue id ( ne id V 3) V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.4.19

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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