# Res Gestae 25.4.17

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 25, Chapter 4. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/25.4.17

Linguae fusioris, et admodum raro silentis, praesagiorum sciscitationi nimium deditus, ut aequiperare videretur in hac parte principem Hadrianum, superstitiosus magis quam sacrorum legitimus observator, innumeras sine parsimonia pecudes mactans, ut aestimaretur (si revertisset de Parthis), boves iam defuturos, Marci illius similis Caesaris, in quem id accipimus dictum:
οἱ βόες οἱ λευκοὶ Μάρκῳ τῷ Καίσαρι χαίρειν.
ἄν πάλι νικήσῃς, ἄμμες ἀπωλόμεθα.

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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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