# Res Gestae 18.5.3

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 18, Chapter 5. Latin.

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Atque ut lateret stationarios milites, fundum in Iaspide (qui locus Tigridis fluentis adluitur,) pretio non magno mercatur. Hocque commento cum nullus causam veniendi ad extremas Romani limitis partes, iam possessorem cum plurimis auderet exigere, per familiares fidos peritosque nandi, occultis saepe colloquiis cum Tamsapore habitis, qui tractus omnes adversos ducis potestate tune tuebatur, et antea cognitus, misso a Persicis castris auxilio virorum pernicium, lembis impositus, cum omni penatium dulcedine, nocte concubia transfretatur ex contraria specie Zopyri illius similis Babylonii proditoris.

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