# Ab excessu divi Marci 8.7.5

Herodian, Ab excessu divi Marci, Book 8, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/herodian/ab-excessu-divi-marci/8.7.5

σύγκλητος ἐπελέξατο. οὐ γὰρ ἑνὸς ἀνδρὸς ἴδιον κτῆμα ἡ ἀρχή, ἀλλὰ κοινὸν τοῦ Ῥωμαίων δήμου ἄνωθεν, καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ πόλει ἡ τῆς βασιλείας ἵδρυται τύχη: ἡμεῖς δὲ διοικεῖν καὶ διέπειν τὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς σὺν ὑμῖν ἐγκεχειρίσμεθα. ταῦτα δὲ μετ̓ εὐταξίας τε καὶ κόσμου τοῦ πρέποντος, αἰδοῦς τε καὶ τιμῆς πρὸς τοὺς ἄρχοντας, ὑμῖν μὲν εὐδαίμονα καὶ πάντων ἀνενδεῆ παρέξει βίον, τοῖς δ̓ ἄλλοις πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις κατά τε ἔθνη καὶ κατὰ πόλεις εἰρήνην καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἡγουμένους πειθώ. βιώσεσθέ τε καὶ κατὰ γνώμην ἐν τοῖς

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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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