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The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus

Note 183 — BOOK XXX.

Charles Duke Yonge translation

No one has succeeded in explaining this word. Some editors wish to read Suræ, explaining that as "men picked out for their great strength," by a reference to Juvenal, xvi. 14—Grandes magna adsubsellia Suræ. Wagner proposes to read Scurræ, a name sometimes given to the guards in this age.

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