Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 31.4.7

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[7] Resipiscant tandem memoriae veteres, Medicas acies ductantes ad Graeciam: quae dum¹ Hellespontiacos² pontes,³ et discidio quodam fabrili, mare sub imo Athonis⁴ pede quaesitum exponunt et turmatim apud Doriscum exercitus recensitos recensetos, concordante omni posteritate, ut fabulosae sunt lectae.

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).) — 31.4.7 focus

[7] Well then, let the old tales revive of bringing the Medic hordes to Greece; for while they describe the bridging of the Hellespont, the quest of a sea at the foot of Mount Athos by a kind of mechanical severing,¹ and the numbering of the armies by squadrons at Doriscus,² later times have unanimously regarded all this as fabulous reading.

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Res Gestae

1. dum, Madvig; ductum, Voss.; dudum, V.

2. Hellespontiacos, Madvig; Hellesponti, W; hellis ponti accupantes, V.

3. pontes, Madvig; occupantes, EA; for V see note 4.

4. mare sub imo Athonis, Voss., Madvig; maris, litus montanum, Gardt.; maris ubi montonis, V.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 31.4.7

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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