# Res Gestae 21.5.12

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 21, Chapter 5. Latin.

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Quibus auditis, cum stantes propius milites acriter inflammati, eum appeterent trucidandum, ad genua sua prolapsum, imperator paludamento protexit, indeque reversus in regiam cum antegressum eum vidisset supplicemque iacentem orare, ut levandi causa timoris, ei porrigeret dexteram, Ecquid ait praecipuum amicis servabitur, si tu manum tetigeris meam? Sed tu quo libet abi securus. Hocque audito, ille innoxius ad larem suum recessit in Tusciam.

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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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