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A06878 The Roman historie containing such acts and occurrents as passed under Constantius, Iulianus, Iovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, emperours. Digested into 18. bookes, the remains of 31. and written first in Latine by Ammianus Marcellinus: now translated newly into English. Wherunto is annexed the chronologie, serving in stead of a briefe supplement of those former 13. bookes, which by the iniurie of time are lost: together with compendious annotations and coniectures upon such hard places as occurre in the said historie. Done by Philemon Holland of the citie of Coventrie, Doctor in Physicke.; Rerum gestarum libri. English Ammianus Marcellinus.; Holland, Philemon, 1552-1637. 1609 (1609) STC 17311; ESTC S114268 628,185 520

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time_n ap._n pomponius_n faustinus_n a_o terrible_a plague_n reign_v in_o rome_n and_o elsewhere_o many_o great_a earthquake_n happen_v and_o fearful_a darkness_n for_o many_o day_n together_o treb._n pollio_n 3_o 1015_o 4234_o 264_o ¶_o numnrius_n albinus_n maximus_fw-la dexter_n the_o goth_n waste_v greece_n macedon_n pontus_n and_o asia_n and_o the_o inroad_n of_o the_o barbarian_n sore_n shake_v other_o province_n tr._n pollio_n cassiodor_n jornandes_n 4_o 1016_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr the_o quadi_n and_o sarmatian_n seize_v into_o their_o hand_n pannonia_n euseb_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 4235_o 265_o ¶_o gallienus_n aug._n the_o six_o time_n aemilius_z saturninus_z the_o frank_n saxon_n and_o german_n break_v into_o gaul_n euseb_n 5_o 1017_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr odenatus_n hold_v the_o whole_a empire_n of_o the_o east_n tr._n pollio_n  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 4236_o 266_o ¶_o valerianus_n caesar_n the_o second_o time_n l._n cesonius_n macer_n locillus_n ruf●ianus_n the_o francke_n saxon_n 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provincialle_n tear_n let_v he_o have_v his_o wage_n in_o his_o belt_n and_o not_o in_o the_o tavern_n and_o taphouse_n of_o this_o aurelianus_n vopiscus_n write_v thus_o that_o many_o reckon_v he_o neither_o among_o good_a prince_n nor_o bad_a for_o that_o he_o want_v clemency_n the_o principal_a virtue_n of_o a_o prince_n and_o himself_o say_v he_o be_v a_o necessary_a prince_n rather_o than_o a_o good_a  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 4242_o 272_o ¶_o aurelianus_n pomponius_n bassus_n a_o seditious_a broil_n arise_v in_o rome_n while_o the_o emperor_n make_v war_n against_o the_o marcoman_o vopiscus_n 2_o 1024_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr  _fw-fr constantinus_n magnus_n who_o afterwards_o be_v emperor_n this_o year_n be_v bear_v in_o britanny_n who_o father_n be_v constantius_n and_o his_o mother_n helena_n bucholcer_n samosatenus_fw-la be_v declare_v a_o heretic_n and_o cast_v out_o of_o the_o church_n eusebius_n and_o other_o  _fw-fr  _fw-fr 4243_o 273_o ¶_o quietus_n voldumianus_n after_o the_o marcoman_o 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