# Noctes Atticae 5.18.9

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, Book 5, Chapter 18. Latin.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/latin/aulus-gellius/noctes-atticae/5.18.9

Paulo post idem Asellio in eodem libro: Nam neque alacriores, inquit, ad rempublicam defendundam, neque segniores ad rem perperam faciundam annales libri commovere quicquam possunt. Scribere autem bellum initum quo consule et quo confectum sit et quis triumphans introierit ex eo, et eo libro quae in bello gesta sint non praedicare aut interea quid senatus decreverit aut quae lex rogatiove lata sit neque quibus consiliis ea gesta sint iterare: id fabulas pueris est narrare, non historias scribere.

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Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 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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