# Res Gestae 28.2.5

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 28, Chapter 2. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/ammianus-marcellinus/res-gestae/28.2.5

His ac talibus laetus exsultansque exin, quae pro anni et temporis statu utilia conducerent rei publicae studium habuit, ut officio principis congruebat. Ratusque aptissimum ad id quod deliberabat implendum, trans Rhenum in monte Piri (qui barbaricus locus est) munimentum exstruere disposuit raptim. Utque celeritas effectum negotii faceret tutum, per Syagrium tunc notarium, postea praefectum et consulem, Aratorem monuit ducem, ut dum undique altum esset silentium, id arripere conaretur.

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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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