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Book XIV: Constantius and Gallus
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The Anonymus Valesianus, First Part: The lineage of the Emperor Constantine
The Anonymus Valesianus, latter part: The History of King Theodoric
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Departing from there in sorrow, by a forced march he came to Carrae, an ancient town, notorious for the disaster of the Crassi and the Roman army. 1 From there two different royal highways lead to Persia: the one on the left through Adiabene and over the Tigris; the other, on the right, through [p. 321] Assyria and across the Euphrates.
1 Marcus Crassus, the triumvir, and his son Publius in 53 B.C.; cf. Florus, i. 46, 11, etc.
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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