# Ab excessu divi Marci 2.4.4

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 2, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/2.4.4

οἱ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοι πάντες ἄνθρωποι καὶ κοινῇ καὶ ἰδίᾳ τῷ εὐτάκτῳ καὶ ἡμέρῳ τῆς βασιλείας ἔχαιρον: ὃ δὲ πάντας εὔφραινε, τοῦτο μόνους ἐλύπει τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ στρατιώτας, οἳ δορυφορεῖν εἰώθασι τοὺς βασιλέας. κωλυόμενοι γὰρ ἁρπάζειν τε καὶ ὑβρίζειν, ἔς τε τὸ εὔτακτον καὶ κόσμιον ἀνακαλούμενοι, τὸ πρᾶον καὶ ἥμερον τῆς ἀρχῆς ὕβριν αὑτῶν καὶ ἀτιμίαν καθαίρεσίν τε τῆς ἀνέτου ἐξουσίας νομίζοντες, τὴν τῆς

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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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