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Quotation from The Roman History by Ammianus Marcellinus
“Nor, except the battle of Cannæ, is so destructive a slaughter recorded in our annals;”
The Roman History, Book XXXI, ch. 13.19, trans. C. D. Yonge (1862)
Ammianus's verdict on the battle near Adrianople, in which Valens and about two-thirds of his army died.
Citation: "Nor, except the battle of Cannæ, is so destructive a slaughter recorded in our annals;" — Ammianus Marcellinus, The Roman History, Book XXXI, ch. 13.19, trans. C. D. Yonge (1862). (id ammianus-marcellinus-roman-history-q8)
Portrait: Ammianus Marcellinus 1533, Title page of the 1533 Augsburg edition, Public domain.
