# Ab excessu divi Marci 4.15.3

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 4, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/4.15.3

ἢ τῶν καμηλιτῶν ὀλέθρια ἦν αὐτοῖς: πατοῦντες γὰρ οἱ ἵπποι, αἵ τε κάμηλοι μάλιστα, ἔχουσαι ἁπαλὰ τὰ πέλματα, ὤκλαζον καὶ ἐχώλευον, τούς τε ἐπιβάτας οὓς ἔφερον ἀπεσείοντο. οἱ δὲ ἐπέκεινα βάρβαροι ἐς ὅσον μὲν ἐποχοῦνται ἵπποις ἢ καμήλοις, γενναίως μάχονται, ἢν δὲ ἀποβῶσιν αὐτῶν ἢ κατενεχθῶσι, ῥᾷστα ἁλίσκονται, μὴ φέροντες τὴν ἐκ συστάσεως μάχην. πρός τε τὸ φυγεῖν ἢ διῶξαι, εἰ δέοι, ὑπὸ τῆς περὶ τοῖς σκέλεσιν ἐσθῆτος χαύνως παρῃωρημένης ἐμποδίζονται.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0015.tlg001.local001/.