# Res Gestae 21.16.11

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 21, Chapter 16. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/21.16.11

iustumque in eius modi titulis capitali odio oderat, cum maxime id ageret ut iustus aestimaretur et clemens. Et tamquam ex arida silva volantes scintillae, flatu leni ventorum, ad usque discrimina vicorum agrestium incohibili cursu perveniunt, ita ille quoque ex minimis causis, malorum congeries excitabat, Marci illius dissimilis principis verecundi, qui cum ad imperiale culmen in Syria Cassius surrexisset, epistularum fascem ab eo ad conscios missum, perlatore capto sibi oblatum, ilico signatum exuri praecepit, agens adhuc in Illyrico, ne insidiatoribus cognitis, invitus quosdam habere posset offensos.

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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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