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[7] And after completing a march of six days and finding not even grass as the solace of their extreme necessity, Cassianus, the duke 1 commanding the army in Mesopotamia, 2 and the tribune Mauricius (who had been sent long before for the purpose) came to a Persian stronghold called Ur 3 and brought food from the supplies which the army left with Procopius and Sebastianus had saved by frugal living.

1 Duces were usually military commanders, but some- times governors; see Index II., vol. i. s.v.

2 Ur of the Chaldeans, mentioned also in the books of Moses.

3 Duces were usually military commanders, but some- times governors; see Index II., vol. i. s.v.

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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