Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 29.2.12

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[12] Nec tamen post haec tam paenitenda repressius actum est vel pudenter, non reputante alta nimium potestate, quod recte institutis ne cum inimicorum quidem incommodis in delicta convenit ruere voluntaria, nihilque sit tam deforme¹ quam ad ardua imperii imperil supercilia etiam acerbitatem naturae adiungi.

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] Yet after these so lamentable events Valens acted with no more restraint or shame; since excessive power does not reflect that it is unworthy for men of right principles, even to the disadvantage of their enemies, willingly to plunge into crime, and that nothing is so ugly as for a cruel nature to be joined to lofty pride of power.¹

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1. deforme, added by Val. (cf. Cic., Ad Q. F. i. 1, 37), iniquum by G; V omits.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 29.2.12

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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