# Res Gestae 14.2.9

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 14, Chapter 2. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/14.2.9

Raptim igitur properantes, ut motus sui rumores celeritate nimia praevenirent, vigore corporum ac levitate confisi, per flexuosas semitas ad summitates collium tardius evadebant. Et cum, superatis difficultatibus arduis, ad supercilia venissent fluvii Melanis, alti et verticosi, qui pro muro tuetur accolas circumfusus, augente nocte adulta terrorem, quievere paulisper, lucem opperientes. Arbitrabantur enim nullo impediente transgressi, inopino accursu apposita quaeque vastare, sed in cassum labores pertulere gravissimos.

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Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, ed. John C. Rolfe. Text: the Perseus Digital Library, canonical-latinLit, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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