# Res Gestae 23.5.9-10

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 23.5.9 to 23.5.10. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/23.5.9

Nam et oracula dubia legimus, quae non nisi casus discrevere postremi, ut fidem vaticinii Delphici, quae post Halyn flumen transmissum, maximum regnum deiecturum praedixerat Croesum, et aliam quae Atheniensibus ad certandum contra Medos oblique destinaverat mare, sortemque his posteriorem, veram quidem, sed non minus ambiguam: aio te, Aeacida, Romanos vincere posse. Etrusci tamen haruspices qui comitabantur gnaros prodigialium rerum, cum illis procinctum hunc saepe arcentibus, non crederetur, prolatis libris exercitualibus, ostendebant signum hoc esse prohibitorium, principique aliena licet iuste invadenti, contrarium.

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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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