# Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55) 44.11.3

Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55), Book 44, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-dio-cocceianus/books-36-55/44.11.3

δῆμος διʼ ἐμοῦ δίδωσιν,” ἀπεκρίνατο μὲν ὅτι “Ζεὺς μόνος τῶν Ῥωμαίων βασιλεὺς εἴη,” καὶ τὸ διάδημα αὐτῷ ἐς τὸ Καπιτώλιον ἔπεμψεν, οὐ μέντοι καὶ ὀργὴν ἔσχεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐς τὰ ὑπομνήματα ἐγγραφῆναι ἐποίησεν ὅτι τὴν βασιλείαν παρὰ τοῦ δήμου διὰ τοῦ ὑπάτου διδομένην οἱ οὐκ ἐδέξατο. ὑπωπτεύθη τε οὖν ἐκ συγκειμένου τινος αὐτὸ πεποιηκέναι, καὶ ἐφίεσθαι μὲν τοῦ ὀνόματος, βούλεσθαι δὲ ἐκβιασθῆναί πως λαβεῖν αὐτό,

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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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