02-28-2017, 06:40 AM
Bryan wrote:
Why not track down the primary source? You're quoting from something written nearly 2,000 years after the event. Who wrote it first? When?
Julian has provided the primary source. It is called “De Viris Illustribus Urbis Romae,” believed (but not proven) to be written by Sextus Aurelius Victor (320 AD to 390 AD). So I do not know how Julian is quoting something written 2,000 years after the event? Have you read it or known of its existence? The section in question reads:
“45.1 Marcus Marcellus crushed Viridomar, the leader of the Gauls, in singular combat. 2 He was the third from Romulus to consecrate the opulent spoils to Jupiter Feretrius. 3 He was the first to teach the soldiers how to retreat without turning their backs.”
Why not track down the primary source? You're quoting from something written nearly 2,000 years after the event. Who wrote it first? When?
Julian has provided the primary source. It is called “De Viris Illustribus Urbis Romae,” believed (but not proven) to be written by Sextus Aurelius Victor (320 AD to 390 AD). So I do not know how Julian is quoting something written 2,000 years after the event? Have you read it or known of its existence? The section in question reads:
“45.1 Marcus Marcellus crushed Viridomar, the leader of the Gauls, in singular combat. 2 He was the third from Romulus to consecrate the opulent spoils to Jupiter Feretrius. 3 He was the first to teach the soldiers how to retreat without turning their backs.”
