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[9] Evenerat eisdem diebus, ut ad demendum imperatoris capillum, tonsor venire praeceptus, introiret quidam ambitiose vestitus. Quo viso Iulianus obstipuit, et 1 ‘Ego’ inquit ‘non rationalem iussi, sed tonsorem acciri.’ Interrogatus tamen ille quid haberet ex arte compendii, vicenas diurnas respondit annonas, totidemque pabula iumentorum, quae vulgo dictitant capita, et annuum stipendium grave, absque fructuosis petitionibus multis.

1 obstupuit et, Her.; V omits et; obstupuit, WBG.

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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