# Res Gestae 22.13.3

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 22, Chapter 13. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/22.13.3

Ferebatur autem licet rumore levissimo, hac ex causa conflagrasse delubrum, quod Asclepiades philosophus, cuius in actibus Magnenti meminimus, cum visendi gratia Iuliani peregre ad id suburbanum venisset, deae caelestis argenteum breve figmentum, quocumque ibat secum solitus ferre, ante pedes statuit simulacri sublimes, accensisque cereis ex usu cessit, unde medietate noctis emensa, cum nec adesse quisquam potuit nec iuvare, volitantes scintillae adhaesere materiis vetustissimis, ignisque aridis nutrimentis, omne quicquid contingi potuit (licet erecta discretum celsitudine) concremarunt.

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