# Res Gestae 23.5.1-2

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 23.5.1 to 23.5.2. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/23.5.1

Adscitis Saracenorum auxiliis, quae animis obtulere promptissimis, tendens imperator agili gradu Cercusium, principio mensis Aprilis ingressus est, munimentum tutissimum et fabre politum, cuius moenia Abora et Euphrates ambiunt flumina, velut spatium insulare fingentes. Quod Diocletianus exiguum antehac et suspectum, muris turribusque circumdedit celsis, cum in ipsis barbarorum confiniis interiores limites ordinaret, documento recenti perterritus, ne vagarentur per Syriam Persae, ita ut paucis ante annis cum magnis provinciarum contigerat damnis.

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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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