# Res Gestae 20.8.9-10

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 20.8.9 to 20.8.10. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/20.8.9

Cohorrui (fateor) et secessi, amendatusque dum potui, salutem occultatione quaeritabam et latebris. Cumque nullae darentur indutiae, libero pectoris muro (ut ita dixerim) saeptus, progressus ante conspectum omnium steti, molliri posse tumultum auctoritate ratus vel sermonibus blandis. Sed exarsere mirum in modum, eo usque provecti, ut quoniam precibus vincere pertinaciam conabar, instanter mortem contiguis assultibus intentarent. Victus denique mecumque ipse contemplans, quod alter confosso me forsitan libens declarabitur princeps, assensus sum, vim lenire posse ratus armatam.

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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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