# Res Gestae 30.6.3

Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae, Book 30, Chapter 6. Latin.

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Ad haec imperator, ira vehementi perculsus, et inter exordia respondendi tumidior, increpabat verborum obiurgatorio sonu nationem omnem ut beneficiorum immemorem et ingratam. Paulatimque lenitus, et ad molliora propensior, tamquam ictus e caelo, vitalique via voceque simul obstructa, suffectus igneo lumine cernebatur; et repente cohibito sanguine, letali sudore perfusus, ne laberetur spectantibus multis et vilibus, concursu ministrorum vitae secretioris ad conclave ductus est intimum.

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