Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 28.4.22

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[22] Subsident aliqui copiosos¹ homines senes aut iuvenes, orbos vel caelibes, aut etiam uxores habentes seu² liberos (nec enim hoc titulo discrimen aliquod observatur), ad voluntates condendas allicientes eos praestigiis praestrigiis³ miris: qui cum, supremis iudiciis ordinatis, quaedam⁴ reliquerint his quibus morem gerendo testati sunt, ilico pereunt, ut id impleri sorte fatorum operante⁵ nec putes, nec facile possit aegritudo testari nec funus comitatur his quisquam.

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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[22] Some lie in wait for men of wealth, old or young, childless or unmarried, or even for those who have wives or children—for no distinction is observed in this respect—enticing them by wonderful trickeries to make their wills; and when they have set their last decisions in order and left some things to these men, to humour whom they have made their wills in their favour, they forthwith die; so that you would not think that the death was brought about by the working of the allotment of destiny, nor could an illness easily be proved by the testimony of witnesses; nor is the funeral of these men attended by any mourners.

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Res Gestae

1. copiosos, Gruter ex cod. Fauchetii; curio sos, MV.

2. seu, Momm.; siue, T; sine liberis, W 2HN 2; se, MV.

3. praestrigiis, Léfstedt; eos praestigiis, Val.; potest regns ( -nis, M 2), M; p. regiis, V.

4. quaedam, Her.; quae bant, M; quaebant, V.

5. operante nec facile possit . testari (operientem, YT 1, del. Novák), Pet.; putes, Eyssen. omitting nec.; puteos, MV.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 28.4.22

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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