# Res Gestae 30.4.1

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 30, Chapter 4. Latin.

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Haec per Gallias et latus agebantur arctoum. At in eois partibus alto externorum silentio, intestina pernicies augebatur, per Valentis amicos et proximos, apud quos honestate utilitas erat antiquior. Navabatur enim opera diligens, ut homo rigidus audire cupiens lites, a studio iudicandi revocaretur, metu ne ita ut Iuliani temporibus, defensione innocentiae respirante, frangeretur potentium tumor, assumpta licentia latius solitus evagari.

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