Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 31.2.17

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[17] Hi bipertiti¹ per utramque mundi plagam Halani, quorum gentes varias nunc recensere non refert, licet dirempti spatiis longis, per pagos (ut Nomades) vagantur immensos, aevi tamen progressu, ad unum concessere vocabulum, et summatim omnes Halani cognominantur, ob² mores et modum efferatum vivendi,³ eandemque armaturam.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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[17] Thus the Halani (whose various peoples it is unnecessary now to enumerate) are divided between the two¹ parts of the earth, but although widely separated from each other and roaming over vast tracts, as Nomads do, yet in the course of time they have united under one name, and are, for short, all called Halani because of the similarity in their customs, their savage mode of life, and their weapons.

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Res Gestae

1. hi bipertiti, Her.; bipertiti, Gardt.; ibi pertiti, V.

2. ob, added by Val.; V omits.

3. modum efferatum uiuendi, Gardt.; media et efferatam uiuendis, V.

4. eandemque armaturam, Gardt.; similem et armaturam, Val.; lac. indic. by Wagner, Eyssen.; etiam inmatarum, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 31.2.17

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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