# Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55) 42.1.1

Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55), Book 42, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-dio-cocceianus/books-36-55/42.1.1

ἡ μὲν οὖν μάχη τοιαύτη δή τις ἐγένετο, καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτῆς ὁ Πομπήιος πάντων τῶν ἑαυτοῦ πραγμάτων παραχρῆμα ἀπέγνω, καὶ οὐκέτʼ οὔτε τῆς ἰδίας ἀρετῆς οὔτε τοῦ τῶν λοιπῶν στρατιωτῶν πλήθους οὔθʼ ὅτι πολλάκις ἡ τύχη διʼ ἐλαχίστου τοὺς πταίσαντας ἀναλαμβάνει λογισμόν τινα ἐποιήσατο, καίπερ ἐν τῷ πρόσθεν χρόνῳ πλεῖστον μὲν τὸ εὔθυμον πλεῖστον δὲ τὸ εὔελπι παρὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐσφάλη ἀεί ποτε σχών.

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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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