# Res Gestae 23.3.8-9

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 23.3.8 to 23.3.9. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/23.3.8

Luce vero secuta, profectus exinde per supercilia riparum fluvialium, aquis adulescentibus undique convenis, cum armigera gradiens manu, in statione quadam sub pellibus mansit, ubi Saracenarum reguli gentium, genibus supplices nixi, oblata ex auro corona, tamquam mundi nationumque suarum dominum adorarunt, suscepti gratanter, ut ad furta bellorum appositi. Dumque hos alloquitur, Xerxis illius potentissimi regis instar, classis advenit, tribuno Constantiano cum comite Lucilliano ductante, quae latissimum flumen Euphraten artabat, in qua mille erant onerariae naves, ex diversa trabe confectae, commeatus abunde ferentes, et tela, et obsidionales etiam machinas, quinquaginta aliae bellatrices, totidemque ad compaginandos necessariae pontes.

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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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