# Fragmenta 86-87

Joannes Antiochenus, Fragmenta, 86 to 87. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-antiochenus/fragmenta/86

Ὅτι ὁ Κλαύδιος ὁ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ῥωμαίων τόν τε Χαιρέαν καί τινας ἄλλους, καίπερ ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ Γαίου θάνατον ἡσθεὶς, πρῶτα μὲν τῆς πόλεως ἐξέβαλεν, ἔπειτα καὶ ἐδολοφόνησεν. Οὐ γὰρ ὅτι τὴν ἀρχὴν διὰ τὴν ἐκείνων πρᾶξιν εἰλήφει χάριν αὐτοῖς εἶχεν, ἀλλ ̓ ὅτι ἐτόλμησαν αὐτοκράτορα ἀποσφάξαι ἐδυσχέραινεν. Κλαύδιος δειλὸς ὢν πάντας τοὺς προσιόντας αὐτῷ [ἐποίησεν] ἀνερευνᾶσθαι, μή τι ξιφίδιον ἔχωσι, καὶ ἐν τοῖς συμποσίοις ὡπλισμένοι παρεστήκεσαν αὐτῷ.

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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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