4th cent. AD

Amm. 16.12.3

The History 16.12.3

Author
Ammian
Translator
C. D. Yonge

The History

16.12.3

Ammian

translated by C. D. Yonge

3And as he constantly adhered to the same story, they were excited to more haughty attempts by the confidence with which he inspired them, and sent ambassadors in an imperious tone to Cæsar, demanding that he should retire from the territory which they had acquired by their own valour in arms. But he, a stranger to fear, and not liable to be swayed either by anger or by disappointment, despised the arrogance of the barbarians, and detaining the ambassadors till he had completed the works of his camp, remained immovable on his ground with admirable constancy.