# Res Gestae 23.3.6

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 23, Chapter 3. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/23.3.6

His ita ordinatis, ipse exitu simulato per Tigrim, quod iter etiam re cibaria de industria iusserat instrui, flexit dextrorsus, et quieta nocte emensa, mane iumentum quo veheretur ex usu poposcit, oblatusque ei equus Babylonius nomine, ictu torminum consternatus, dum dolorum impatiens volvitur, auro lapillisque ornamenta distincta conspersit. Quo ostento laetior exclamavit, plaudentibus proximis, Babylona humi procidisse ornamentis omnibus spoliatam.

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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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