Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 29.3.4

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[4] Praepositum fabricae oblato thorace polito faberrime, praemiumque ideo exspectantem, ea re praecepit occidi diritate pari¹ quod pondus paulo minus habuit species ferrea, quam ille firmarat. Epiroten² aliquem ritus Christiani presbyterum acceptum Octaviano³ ex proconsule offensarum auctore licet tardius ad sua remisso.⁴

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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[4] A man in charge of a smithy brought to the emperor a breastplate artistically embellished, and expected a reward for it; but Valentinian ordered him to be put to death with equal cruelty because the piece¹ of iron armour had a little less weight than he had stipulated. An elder of the Christian faith from Epirus, who was a favourite of Octavianus,² the former proconsul, . . . and the author of the charges was sent back, although somewhat tardily, to his home.³

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Res Gestae

1. occidi diritate pari, Haupt; occidi quod, W 2AG; occideri adpraei ( adp^i), V.

2. Epiroten remisso, G omits.

3. acceptum (from 1, 17) Octauiano, Her.; tem (cf. xxix. 1, 17) Octauianum offensorum (-arum, V 2), V.

4. remisso, Her.; tardius redire permisso, VA.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 29.3.4

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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