# Ab excessu divi Marci 1.12.3

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 1, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/1.12.3

ἐπέσχε δὲ κατ̓ αὐτὸ καὶ λιμὸς τὴν πόλιν ἐξ αἰτίας τοιαύτης. Κλέανδρός τις ἦν, τὸ μὲν γένος Φρύξ, τῶν δημοσίᾳ εἰωθότων ὑπὸ κήρυκι πιπράσκεσθαι: οἰκέτης δὲ βασιλικὸς γενόμενος συναυξηθείς τε τῷ Κομμόδῳ ἐς τοσοῦτον ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ τιμῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας προήχθη ὡς τήν τε τοῦ σώματος φρουρὰν καὶ τὴν τοῦ θαλάμου ἐξουσίαν τήν τε τῶν στρατῶν ἀρχὴν ἐγχειρισθῆναι: ὑπὸ δὲ πλούτου καὶ τρυφῆς

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Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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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