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Orosius
4 quotes
“Romae ergo post urbem conditam anno CCLXL suspenso ad modicum bello grauis pestilentia, quae semper ibi raras indutias aut factas intercepit aut ut fierent coegit, per uniuersam ciuitatem uiolenter incanduit, ut merito praecedente prodigio caelum ardere uisum sit, quando caput gentium tanto morborum igne flagrauit.”
Orosius (385–418) said by 418 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 12.2 (tr. Roy J. Deferrari, 1964)
“qui postea, cum in Etruriam primo uere transiret, in summo Appennino tempestate correptus, biduo continuo inmobiliter cum exercitu niuibus conclusus et onustus obriguit. ubi magnus hominum numerus, iumenta conplurima, elephanti paene omnes frigoris acerbitate perierunt.”
Orosius (385–418) said by 418 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 14.9 (tr. I. W. Raymond, 1936)
“tunc etiam lex, quae ab Oppio tribuno plebi lata fuerat, ne qua mulier plus quam semunciam auri haberet neue uersicolori uestimento nec uehiculo per urbem uteretur, post uiginti annos abrogata est.”
Orosius (385–418) said by 418 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 20.14 (tr. I. W. Raymond, 1936)
“Fabius consul...adeo cum paruo exercitu occurrit, ut Bituitus paucitatem Romanorum uix ad escam canibus, quos in agmine habebat, sufficere posse iactaret.”
Orosius (385–418) said by 418 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Orosius, Seven Books of History Against the Pagans, bk. 5, ch. 1 (tr. I. W. Raymond, 1936). Turned into a direct quote in Jules Michelet, History of France, tr. G. H. Smith (1882), vol. i, p. 40: "There are not enough t…
Also quoted by: Bituitus