Note 071 Persas terrore subito miscuerunt, versisque agminibus totius gentis, apertas Ctesiphontis portas vietor miles intrasset, ni major praedaram occasio fuisset, quam cura victoriae (Sextus Rufus de Provinciis, c.28). Their avaric might dispose them to hear the advice of Victor.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 24