4th cent. AD

Amm. 16.12.1

The History 16.12.1

Author
Ammian
Translator
C. D. Yonge

The History

16.12.1

Ammian

translated by C. D. Yonge

12When this disgraceful disaster had become known, Chnodomarius and Vestralpus, the kings of the Allemanni, and Urius and Ursicinus, with Serapion, and Suomarius, and Hortarius, having collected all their forces into one body, encamped near the city of Strasburg, thinking that the Cæsar, from fear of imminent danger, had retreated at the very time that he was wholly occupied with completing a fortress to enable him to make a permanent stand.