# Res Gestae 23.6.83

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 23, Chapter 6. Latin.

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Militari cultu ac disciplina proludiisque continuis rei castrensis et armaturae, quam saepe formavimus, metuendi vel exercitibus maximis, equitatus virtute confisi, ubi desudat nobilitas omnis et splendor. Pedites enim in speciem mirmillonum contecti, iussa faciunt ut calones. Sequiturque semper haec turba, tamquam addicta perenni servitio, nec stipendiis aliquando fulta nec donis. Et gentes plurimas praeter eas quas abunde perdomuit, sub iugum haec natio miserat, ita audax et ad pulveres Martios erudita, ni bellis civilibus externisque assidue vexarentur.

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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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