# Ab excessu divi Marci 6.8.1

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 6, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/6.8.1

ἐπὶ τοῖς τετολμημένοις. ἦν δέ τις ἐν τῷ στρατῷ Μαξιμῖνος ὄνομα, τὸ μὲν γένος τῶν ἐνδοτάτω Θρᾳκῶν καὶ μιξοβαρβάρων, ἀπό τινος κώμης, ὡς ἐλέγετο, πρότερον μὲν ἐν παιδὶ ποιμαίνων, ἐν ἀκμῇ δὲ τῆς ἡλικίας γενόμενος διὰ μέγεθος καὶ ἰσχὺν σώματος ἐς τοὺς ἱππεύοντας στρατιώτας καταταγείς, εἶτα κατ̓ ὀλίγον αὐτὸν χειραγωγούσης τῆς τύχης ἐλθὼν διὰ πάσης τάξεως στρατιωτικῆς, ὡς στρατοπέδων τε

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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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