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[13] When this shameful treaty was concluded, lest anything contrary to the agreements should be done during the truce, distinguished men were given on both sides as hostages: from our side Nemota, Victor, and Bellovaedius, 1 tribunes of famous corps, [p. 537] and from the opposite party Bineses, one of the distinguished magnates, and three satraps besides of no obscure name.

1 The names are evidently corrupted and there should be four Roman hostages; see crit. note.

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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