Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 29.4.1

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[1] Et haec quidem morum eius et propositi cruenti sunt documenta verissima. Sollertiae vero circa rem publicam usquam¹ digredientis, nemo² eum vel obtrectator pervicax incusabit, illud contemplans, quod maius pretium operae foret in³ coercendis verius limite barbaris quam pellendis. Et cum dedisset⁴ e speculis, siquis hostium se commovisset, desuper visus obruebatur.⁵

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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History Perseus (Ammianus Marcellinus. Ammianus Marcellinus, with an English translation, Vols. I-III. Rolfe, John C., translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; W. Heinemann, 1935-1940 (printing).) — 29.4.1 focus

[1] These, then, are undeniable indications of Valentinian’s character and his blood-thirsty tendency. But, on the other hand, no one, not even one of his persistent detractors, will reproach him with lack of ingenuity in behalf of the state, especially if one bears in mind that it was a more valuable service to check the barbarians by frontier defences than to defeat them in battle. And when he had given¹ . . . if any of the enemy made a move, he was seen from above from the watchtowers, and overcome.

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Res Gestae

1. usquam, Wagner; nusquam, V.

2. nemo dedisset, G omits with lac. of 12 letters, with asterisk; nemo, C. F. W. M.; nee, Her. (cf. xxxi. 2, 4); nec quo, V.

3. foret in, Her.; forsitan, Val.; forticen regendus, V.

4. lac. 3 lines, peculis, V.

5. lac. 9 letters at end of line, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 29.4.1

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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