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genuine and attritjute them to the lost Marl^urg manuscript ; for that 

 Gelenius himself did not appreciate the nature of Ammianus' clau- 

 sulae is shown by many instances in which his attempts to better 

 the text have resulted in the introduction of irregular cadences. 

 For example, the words which he omits in II. 140.21; 142.28; 

 143.20; 145.11, and which Gardthausen brackets in deference to 

 him, are necessary to till out the clausula in each case. 



Here and there in the text of the Histories interpolations have 

 been observed and bracketed by the editors. Sure cases are to be 

 found, for instance, in I. 77. 18 (Julian; ita . . . conluxit iit prudentia 

 jVespasiani filius] Titus alter aestimaretur, in I. 81. 18 tamqiiam ad- 

 strictus sumptitariis legibus viveret — quas ex rhetris Lycurgi [id est 

 axilnis] Roiiiam translatas, etc., and in II. 210. 5 Callistratus quern 

 jiobilcm illam super Oropo causaui |qui locus in Euboea est] per- 

 oranteiu, etc. With such precedent I feel no reluctance in holding 

 that interpolations occur in a number of other places where the 

 clausula shows that the text is suspicious. In I. 70. 1 [vias rex 

 Cottius) ill amicitiam Octaviaiii receptus [principis] molibus inagnis 

 exstruxit the removal of the superfluous word principis is advan- 

 tageous to the rhythm. Similarly RJicnum is superfluous in I. 96. 

 17 alii occupatis insulis sparsis crcbro per fluiuen [Rhenum] ululantes 

 lugubre, etc. In I. 73. 22 (Rlwdaiiits) paludi sese iiigurgitat | nomine 

 Lemanno] eanique intenueans, etc., the words nomine Lenianno are 

 not superfluous, to be sure, but they break the rhythm. In the 

 amusing description of Constantius (I. 92. 17 ff.) — nam et corpus 

 pcrhumile curvabat portas ingrediens celsas, et veliit cello niunito 

 rectam aciem luminum tcndens nee dextra vultum nee laeva Jleciebat 

 [tamquam flgmentum hominis] non cum rota concul/ret nutans, nee 

 spuens aid os aul nasum tergens vel fricans mamtmve agitans in'sus 

 est umquam—ih.Rt tamquam figmentnm hominis is an interpolation 

 is indicated not onh^ b}' the dn'thm but also by the fact that Am- 

 mianus has previously introduced a simile in the phrase velut collo 

 munito. Two instances in Book XXI have already engaged our 

 attention — I. 250. 14 et quidam elatis super capita scutis [ut j^ugnaturi 

 levius] alii vehentes umeris ut antea scalas ferventique impetu pro- 

 currentes pectora multiformium telorum ictibus exponehant, where 

 the bracketed words can have been added onh' by a person who 

 did not understand the meaning oi elatis super capita scutis, and 258, 

 9—10 monstrare quibus primordiis hi genii animis conexi mortalium 

 eas tamquam gremiis suis susceptas tuentur [quoad licitum est] do- 

 centque maiora si senserint puras et a conluvione peccandi inmacu- 

 lata corporis societate discretas, where the restriction quoad licitum 



