# Ab excessu divi Marci 6.5.5

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 6, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/6.5.5

ἔσφηλε δὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν γνώμην ἡ τύχη. τὸ μὲν γὰρ πεμφθὲν δἰ Ἀρμενίας στρατιωτικόν, μόλις καὶ χαλεπῶς ὑπερβαλὸν τὰ τῆς χώρας ὄρη τραχύτατά τε ὄντα καὶ κρημνωδέστατα ʽπλὴν ἔτι θέρους ὄντος ἀνεκτὴν εἶχε τὴν πορείαν̓, ἐμβαλὸν ἐς τὴν Μήδων χώραν ἐπόρθει τε αὐτὴν καὶ πολλὰς ἐνέπρησε κώμας λείαν τε ἀπήγαγεν. ὁ δὲ Πέρσης μαθὼν ἐπήμυνε κατὰ δύναμιν, ἀπείργειν δὲ τοὺς Ῥωμαίους οὐ πάνυ τι ἐδύνατο:

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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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