# Vita Constantini 3.59.2

Eusebius, Vita Constantini, Book 3, Chapter 59. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/vita-constantini/3.59.2

μέγιστον δ' οὖν ἐξάψας πυρσὸν τὴν Ἀντιοχέων ἐκκλησίαν τραγικαῖς διελάμβανε συμφοραῖς, ὡς μικροῦ τὴν πᾶσαν ἐκ βάθρων ἀνατραπῆναι πόλιν. εἰς δύο μὲν γὰρ τμήματα διαιρεθέντων τῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας λαῆν, τοῦ δὲ κοινοῦ τῆς πόλεως αὐτοῖς ἄρχουσι καὶ στρατιωτικοῖς πολεμίων τρόπον ἀνακινηθέντων, ὡς καὶ ξιφῶν μέλλειν ἄπτεσθαι, εἰ μὴ θεοῦ τις ἐπισκοπὴ ὄ τε παρὰ βασιλέως φόβος τὰς τοῦ πλήθους ἀνέστειλεν ὁρμάς,

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Eusebius, Vita Constantini, ed. Ivar A. Heikel. 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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