# Res Gestae 17.4.12

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 17, Chapter 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/17.4.12

Et quia sufflantes adulatores ex more Constantium id sine modo strepebant, quod cum Octavianus Augustus obeliscos duos ab Heliopolitana civitate transtulisset Aegyptia, quorum unus in Circo Maximo alter in Campo locatus est Martio, hunc recens advectum, difficultate magnitudinis territus, nec contrectare ausus est nec movere, discant qui ignorant, veterem principem translatis aliquibus hunc intactum ideo praeterisse, quod Deo Soli speciali munere dedicatus, fixusque intra ambitiosi templi delubra, quae contingi non poterant, tamquam apex omnium eminebat.

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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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