Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 30.2.5

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[5] Quae legatio recta quidem et libera,¹ ni deviasset in eo, quod absque mandatis, oblatas sibi regiones in eadem Armenia suscepit exiguas.

Qua regressa² advenit Surena potestatis secundae post regem, has easdem imperatori offerens partes, quas audacter nostri sumpsere legati.

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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[5] This embassy was indeed straightforward and frank, had its members not erred in one particular; for they accepted without orders some small territories that offered themselves to them in that same Armenia. On their return the Surena, who ranked next to the king, came and offered to the emperor these same lands that our envoys had recklessly taken.

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Res Gestae

1. libera, EAG; libera erat, Her.; libora, V.

2. A fragment of M begins here, of which only about the first 30 letters of each line are preserved. For numerous variant readings see Clark's ed., pp. 529 ff. Cf. Robinson (see Preface, Vol. II).

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 30.2.5

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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