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After the body had been burned and the ashes collected and placed in a silver urn, since the father [p. 477] had decided that they should be taken to his native land to be consigned to the earth, they debated what it was best to do; and it was resolved to propitiate the spirit of the slain youth by burning 1 and destroying the city; for Grumbates would not allow them to go farther while the shade of his only son was unavenged.

1 That is, the burned city should take the place of the bustum where his body was burned; see A.J.P. liv. pp. 362f.

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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