# Historia Ecclesiastica 7.3

Gelasius, Historia Ecclesiastica, ΛΟΓΟΣ Aݲ, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gelasius/historia-ecclesiastica/7.3

ἀλλ᾿ ὃ μὲν οὕτως ἐσκεύασε τῆς ἐπιβάσεως τὰ θήρατρα· θεία δὲ χάρις τοῖς οἰκείοις σοφίσμασι τὸν τῶν κακῶν τεχνίτην περιβάλλει. πρὶν γὰρ Κωνσταντῖνον ἁλῶναι, φθάσας αὐτὸς ὑποπίπτει ταῖς οἰκείαις τέχναις ὁ τύραννος, κἀκεῖ τυραννοκτόνος ἑαυτοῦ γεγονὼς καὶ χρηστὴν ἐπιβουλὴν καθ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ σκευάσας, πρὸ τῆς Ῥώμης περὶ τὴν καλουμένην Μουλβίαν γέφυραν ὁ προρρηθεὶς Μαξέντιος αὐτὸς καταδὺς εἰς τὸν ποταμόν, ἀποπνιγεὶς ὤλετο· ὥστε τὸν δῆμον ὅλον Ῥωμαίων βοῆσαι λέγοντα·

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Gelasius, Historia Ecclesiastica, ed. Gerhard Loeschke, Margret Heinemann. 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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