Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), 31.8.5

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[5] Quo cognito Saturninus (iam enim aderat, et praetenturas stationesque disponebat agrarias¹ ), paulatim colligens suos, digredi parabat consilio non absurdo: ne subita multitudo, ut amnis immani pulsu² undarum obicibus ruptis emissus, convelleret levi negotio cunctos, suspecta loca acutius observantes.

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] As soon as Saturninus heard of this—for he had already arrived and was arranging a line of outposts and field pickets¹ —he gradually gathered his forces together and prepared to retreat; his plan was not a foolish one-namely that suddenly the mass of barbarians, like a river that has burst its barriers and rushes forth with an awful drive of waters, might not with slight difficulty whirl to destruction one and all while keenly watching the points of danger.

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1. agrarias, the last word of fol. 200 v of V; the next one is lost, but is made up from the later MSS.; see Clark's app. crit.

2. ut amnis inmani pulsu, Novák; ut inmani pulsu, Clark; ut inmanis pulsis, MSS. ( pulsus, E 2A; T omits ut).

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae 31.8.5

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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