# Ab excessu divi Marci 3.7.8

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 3, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/3.7.8

τάχει. μεγάλαι μὲν γὰρ καὶ αἱ Καίσαρος πρὸς Πομπήιον ἑκατέρωθεν στρατοπέδων Ῥωμαϊκῶν μάχαι, καὶ αὖ τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ πρὸς Ἀντώνιον ἢ τοὺς Πομπηίου παῖδας, εἴ τέ τι πρότερον Σύλλᾳ ἢ Μαρίῳ ἐν ἐμφυλίοις καὶ Ῥωμαϊκαῖς μάχαις ἢ ἄλλοις πέπρακται: ἕνα δὲ ἄνδρα τρεῖς καθελόντα βασιλέας ἤδη κρατοῦντας, καὶ τοῦ μὲν ἐν Ῥώμῃ στρατοῦ σοφίᾳ περιγενέσθαι καὶ τὸν ὄντα ἐν τῇ βασιλείῳ αὐλῇ καθῃρηκέναι, τὸν δὲ τῶν ἐν τῇ ἀνατολῇ κρατοῦντα πάλαι καὶ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων βασιλέα κληθέντα, τὸν δὲ ἐν Καίσαρος τιμῇ καὶ ἐξουσίᾳ γεγονότα χειρωσάμενον ἀνδρείᾳ, οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλον ῥᾳδίως εἰπεῖν. τέλει μὲν δὴ τοιούτῳ ὁ Ἀλβῖνος ἐχρήσατο, πρὸς

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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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