Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, John C. Rolfe (Translator), val2.12.73

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[73] Et hoc per totam Italiam tanto modo¹ augurium habebat, ut nulli civitati portam fecerit² : nec in civitate portae claudebantur: quivis quod opus habebat faciebat qua hora vellet, ac si in die. Sexaginta modios tritici in solidum ipsius tempore emerunt,³ et vinum triginta amphoras in solidum.

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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[73] And he followed this principle so fully throughout all Italy, that he gave no city a gate; and where there were already gates, they were never shut; and every one could carry on his business at whatever hour he chose, as if it were in daylight. In his time sixty measures of wheat were bought for a single gold-piece,¹ and thirty amphorae of wine for the same price.

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Res Gestae

1. tanto modo, Momm., doubtfully; totum modo, B 2; B 2 (emend.) P omit.

2. portam fecerit, Momm.; portas faeceret, B 2 (emend.); portasfaceret, P.

3. emerunt, Gardt.; fuerunt] B; Momm. thought frumenta might have fallen out.

Ammianus Marcellinus Res Gestae val2.12.73

John C. Rolfe (Translator)

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