Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 31.11.3

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[3] Qui itineribus celeratis, conspectus prope Hadrianopolim, obseratis vi¹ portis, iuxta adire prohibebatur: veritis defensoribus ne captus ab hoste veniret et subornatus, atque contingeret aliquid in civitatis perniciem, quale per Acacium² acciderat comitem, quo per fraudem a³ Magnentiacis militibus capto, claustra patefacta sunt Alpium Iuliarum.

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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[3] He advanced by rapid marches until he was seen near Hadrianopolis, when the gates were strongly barred, and he was not allowed to approach them; for the besieged feared that he came as one who had been captured by the enemy, and won over to their side, and some harm might be caused to the city; such as had happened through the general Acacius, when the troops of Magnentius had captured him by treachery, and brought about the opening of the fastnesses of the Julian Alps.

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Res Gestae

1. ui, vulgo; undique, Her. (cf. xiv. 2, 18); in, V.

2. Acacium, Her.; Actum, V.

3. fraudem a, N 2 Val.; fraudem, A; fraude, V

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 31.11.3

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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