# Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55) 47.9.1

Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Ῥωμαϊκὴ Ἱστορία (Books 36-55), Book 47, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cassius-dio-cocceianus/books-36-55/47.9.1

πολύτροποι μὲν οὖν διὰ ταῦτα αἱ σφαγαί, πολυειδεῖς δὲ καὶ σωτηρίαι τισὶν ἐγένοντο. συχνοὶ μὲν γὰρ καὶ πρὸς τῶν φιλτάτων ἀπώλοντο, συχνοὶ δὲ καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν ἐχθίστων ἐσώθησαν. ἄλλοι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς ἀπέκτειναν, ἄλλους αὐτοὶ οἱ ἐπελθόντες ὡς καὶ φονεύσοντες ἀπέλυσαν. προδόντες δέ τινες δεσπότας ἢ καὶ φίλους ἐκολάσθησαν, καὶ ἕτεροι διʼ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ἐτιμήθησαν· οἵ τε περιποιήσαντές τινας οἱ μὲν δίκην ἔδοσαν οἱ δὲ καὶ

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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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