Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum, Book XXVIII, chapter 4, section 8

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[8] Others, resplendent in silken garments, as though they were to be led to death, ¹ or as if (to speak without any evil omen) they were bringing up the rear ² preceded by an army, are followed by a throng of slaves drawn up in troops, amid noise and confusion.

1 Cf. xvi. 5, 5, where Lind. cites reflabilis tori plumeo sepulcro superba from Zeno Veronensis, Orat. de Spiritu et Corp., p. 367.

2 As commanders of the army; see xxv. 1, 5.

Ammianus Marcellinus. With An English Translation. John C. Rolfe, Ph.D., Litt.D. Cambridge. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1935-1940.

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