# Res Gestae 15.5.18

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 15, Chapter 5. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/15.5.18

Hac mole casus inopini Constantio icto, quasi fulmine Fati, primates, consilio secunda vigilia convocato, properarunt omnes in regiam. Cumque nulli ad eligendum quid agi deberet, mens suppetere posset aut lingua, submissis verbis perstringebatur Ursicini mentio, ut consiliis rei bellicae praestantissimi, frustraque gravi iniuria lacessiti, et per admissionum magistrum—qui mos est honoratior—accito eodem, ingresso consistorium offertur purpura multo quam antea placidius. Diocletianus enim Augustus omnium primus, externo et regio more instituit adorari, cum semper antea ad similitudinem iudicum salutatos principes legerimus.

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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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