# Res Gestae 14.4.1-2

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 14.4.1 to 14.4.2. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/14.4.1

Saraceni tamen nec amici nobis umquam nec hostes optandi, ultro citroque discursantes, quicquid inveniri poterat momento temporis parvi vastabant, milvorum rapacium similes, qui si praedam dispexerint celsius, volatu rapiunt celeri, ac si impetraverint, non immorantur. Super quorum moribus licet in actibus principis Marci, et postea aliquotiens memini rettulisse, tamen nunc quoque pauca de eisdem expediam carptim.

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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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