# Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55) 37.12.2

Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55), Book 37, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-dio-cocceianus/books-36-55/37.12.2

προσδοκήσας, ἐπεβούλευσεν αὐτῷ. φωραθεὶς δέ (πολλοὶ γὰρ καὶ φανερῶς καὶ λάθρᾳ πάντα τὰ πραττόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπολυπραγμόνουνʼ εὐθὺς ἄν, εἴπερ τι καὶ τὸ βραχύτατον εὐνοίας οἱ δορυφόροι τῷ γέροντι εἶχον, ἐδικαιώθη· νῦν δὲ καίτοι σοφώτατος ὁ Μιθριδάτης ἐς πάντα τὰ βασιλικὰ γενόμενος, οὐκ ἔγνω ὅτι οὐδὲν οὐδενὶ οὔτε τὰ ὅπλα οὔτε τὰ πλήθη τῶν ὑπηκόων ἄνευ τῆς παρʼ αὐτῶν φιλίας ἰσχύει, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὅσῳ τις ἂν πλείω, μὴ μέντοι καὶ πιστὰ αὐτὰ ἔχῃ, χαλεπώτερα

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Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55), ed. Earnest Cary. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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