# Ab excessu divi Marci 5.5.2

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 5, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/5.5.2

Ῥώμης. ὡς δὲ τῇ τε συγκλήτῳ καὶ τῷ Ῥωμαίων δήμῳ τὰ πραχθέντα ἐδηλώθη, δυσφόρως μὲν πάντες ἤκουσαν, ὑπήκουον δὲ ἀνάγκῃ τοῦ στρατοῦ ταῦτα ᾑρημένου. κατεγίνωσκόν τε τοῦ Μακρίνου ῥᾳθυμίαν τε καὶ τρόπων χαυνότητα, αἴτιόν τε οὐκ ἄλλον ἀλλ̓ ἢ αὐτὸν ἑαυτῷ γεγενῆσθαι ἔλεγον. ὁ δὲ Ἀντωνῖνος ἀπάρας τῆς Συρίας ἐλθών τε ἐς τὴν Νικομήδειαν ἐχείμαζε, τῆς ὥρας τοῦ ἔτους οὕτως

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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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