Ammianus Marcellinus, Rerum Gestarum, Book XIV: Constantius and Gallus, chapter 5, section 2

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[2] And, as an ailing body is apt to be affected even by slight annoyances, so his narrow and sensitive mind, thinking that every sound indicated something done or planned at the expense of his safety, made his [p. 31] victory ¹ lamentable through the murder of innocent men.

1 Over Magnentius. See note, p. 3.

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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