Res Gestae

Ammianus Marcellinus

Et olim licet otiosae sint tribus, pacataeque centuriae, et nulla suffragiorum certamina, sed Pompiliani redierit securitas temporis, per omnes tamen quot orae sunt partesque terrarum, ut domina suscipitur et regina, et ubique patrum reverenda cum auctoritate canities, populique Romani nomen circumspectum et verecundum.

And although for some time the tribe have been inactive and the centuries at peace, and there are no contests for votes but the tranquillity of Numa's time has returned, yet throughout all regions and parts of the earth she is accepted as mistress and queen; everywhere the white hair of the senators and their authority are revered and the name of the Roman people is respected and honoured.

Reprinted by permission of the publishers and the Trustees of the Loeb Classical Library from Ammianus Marcellinus: Roman History (Volume I. Books 14-19), Loeb Classical Library Vol. 300, translated by J.C. Rolfe, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, © 1950, by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. The Loeb Classical Library ® is a registered trademark of the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

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