# Res Gestae 30.5.12

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 30, Chapter 5. Latin.

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Alio quoque in eum perniciose composito, quod petenti per iocum cuidam Nigrino, ut eum notarium faceret, exclamavit ille hominem ridens: Fac me imperatorem, si id volueris impetrare. Hocque ludibrio inique interpretato, et Faustinus ipse et Nigrinus et alii sunt interfecti.

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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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