# Fragmenta 155

Joannes Antiochenus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg4_JOANNES_ANTIOCHENUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-antiochenus/fragmenta/155

Ὅτι Αὐρηλιανὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς τὰ πολέμια δεινῶς ἦν ἠσκημένος, ἀκάθεκτος δὲ περὶ τὴν γνώμην, καὶ πολὺ πρὸς ὠμότητα ῥέπων. Τῶν τε κατὰ πόλιν ἐπισήμων θανάτῳ πολλοὺς ἐξημίωσεν ὑπὸ Ζηνοβίας ἐλεγχθέντας, χαλεπός τις καὶ φονικὸς ὑπάρχων, καὶ μᾶλλον ἀναγκαῖος στρατηγὸς ἤπερ αἱρετὸς βασιλεὺς, ἐν παντὶ δὲ καιρῷ δυσχερὴς καὶ ἀπρόσιτος, ὡς μηδὲ τοῦ τῶν οἰκείων αἵματος διαμεῖναι καθαρός· τὴν γὰρ τοῦ παιδὸς γαμετὴν καὶ ἀνέγκλητον διεχρήσατο. Τοῦ δὲ τῶν στρατιωτῶν τάγματος καὶ τῶν ἐξιτήλων καὶ διαλελυμένων ἠθῶν ὡς ἐπίπαν γενναῖος ἐπανορθωτὴς ἦν.

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JOANNES ANTIOCHENUS, Fragmenta. 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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