# Res Gestae 27.5.7-8

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, 27.5.7 to 27.5.8. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/27.5.7

Aderant post diversos triennii casus finiendi belli materiae tempestivae. Prima quod ex principis diuturna permansione metus augebatur hostilis, dein quod commerciis vetitis ultima necessariorum inopia barbari stringebantur, adeo ut, legatos supplices saepe mittentes, venialem poscerent pace. Quibus imperator rudis quidem, verum spectator adhuc aequissimus rerum, antequam adulationum perniciosis illecebris captus rem publicam funeribus perpetuo deflendis affligeret, in commune consultans pacem dari oportere decrevit.

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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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