# Ab excessu divi Marci 2.7.2

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 2, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/2.7.2

τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι ἀποπληρῶσαι ἃ ὑπέσχητο: οὔτε γὰρ οἴκοθεν ἦν τοσαῦτα αὐτῷ χρήματα ὅσα ἠλαζονεύσατο, οὔτε μὴν οἱ δημόσιοί τι θησαυροὶ εἶχον, ἀλλὰ πάντα προκεκένωτο τῇ Κομμόδου ἀσωτείᾳ καὶ ἀφειδέσι καὶ ἀκρίτοις ἀναλώμασιν. ἐκ δὲ ταύτης τῆς τόλμης καὶ τῆς αἰτίας οἵ τε στρατιῶται σφαλέντες τῶν ἐλπίδων ὑπηγανάκτουν, ὅ τε δῆμος αἰσθόμενος τῆς γνώμης τῶν στρατιωτῶν εἶχον ἐν καταφρονήσει, ὡς προϊόντα τε κακῶς ἀγορεύειν, ἐπ’ αἰσχραῖς τε καὶ

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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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