The Clausttla in Aimnianus Marcellinus. 241 



So unequivocal is this evidence that I should as soon think of main- 

 taining the authenticity of the speeches in Vergil as of those in 

 Ammianus. In fact, with the exception of occasional citations from 

 books almost everything in the Histories that purports to be a direct 

 quotation owes its present form to the pen of Ammianus. From 

 the line of battle a standard-bearer calls out to Julian (I. 101. 21) 



perge felicissime omnium Caesar 



quo te fortuna prosperior ducit : 



tandem per te virtutem et consilia niilitare sentimus 



i praevius ut faustus antesignanus et fortis : 



experieris quid miles sub conspectu bellicosi ductoris 



testisque individui gerendorum 



(modo adsit superum numen) 



viribus efficiet excitatis. 



Sulla in the excitement of battle shouts to his wavering men (I. 

 106. 5) 



ite socii periculorum electi 



et scitantibus ubi rel ictus sim imperator 



respondete nihil fallentes : 



solus in Boeotia pro omnibus nobis 



cum dispendio sanguinis sui decernens. 



When a bailiif violated good form by holding out both hands to 

 receive a present from the emperor instead of allowing it to be 

 dropped into the folds of his garments, Julian remarked ' rapere non 

 accipere sciunt agentes in rebus ' ; and again, when he was re- 

 proached with leniency, he said 



incusent iura clementiam, 



sed imperatorem mitissimi animi 



legibus praestare (ut) ceteris decet.^ 



When a gentleman named Nigrinus was asked for a position, he 

 replied laughingly 



I. 83. I retain the ms. reading ceteris in the last clause, and Insert 

 Gardthausen follows Kellerbauer's conjecture seven's. 



