# Ab excessu divi Marci 7.1.6

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 7, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/7.1.6

ἔμελλεν ἐπὶ Γερμανοὺς διαβήσεσθαι: ἅμα γὰρ τῷ τὴν ἀρχὴν παραλαβεῖν εὐθέως πολεμικῶν ἔργων ἤρξατο, καὶ διὰ σώματος μέγεθος καὶ ἰσχὺν στρατιωτικὴν καὶ ἐμπειρίαν πολεμικὴν δοκῶν ἐπιλελέχθαι ἔργοις τὴν δόξαν καὶ τὴν τῶν στρατιωτῶν ὑπόληψιν ἐπιστοῦτο, τήν τε Ἀλεξάνδρου μέλλησιν καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὰ πολεμικὰ ἔργα δειλίαν ἐλέγχειν ἐπειρᾶτο εἰκότως κατεγνωσμένην. ἀσκῶν τε οὖν καὶ γυμνάζων τοὺς στρατιώτας οὐ διέλειπεν, αὐτός τε ἐν ὅπλοις ὢν καὶ τὸν

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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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