# Res Gestae 19.8.8

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 19, Chapter 8. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/19.8.8

Et quia per aestum arida siti reptantes, aquam diu quaeritando, profundum bene vidimus puteum, et neque descendendi prae altitudine, nec restium aderat copia, necessitate docente postrema, indumenta lintea, quibus tegebamur, in oblongos discidimus pannulos, unde explicato fune ingenti, centonem quem sub galea unus ferebat e nostris, ultimae aptavimus summitati, qui per funem coniectus, aquasque hauriens ad peniculi modum, facile sitim qua urgebamur exstinxit.

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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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