# Historia ecclesiastica 1.9.1-2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 1.9.1 to 1.9.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.9.1

Νόμος ἦν Ῥωμαίοις παλαιὸς, ἀπὸ εἴκοσι καὶ πέντε ἐτῶν τῶν ἴσων ἀξιοῦσθαι κωλύων τοὺς ἀγάμους τοῖς μὴ τοιούτοις, περὶ ἄλλα τε πολλὰ, καὶ τὸ μηδὲν κερδαίνειν ἐκ διαθήκης τοὺς μὴ γένει ἐγγυτάτω προσήκοντας: τοὺς δὲ ἄπαιδας ζημιῶν τὸ ἥμισυ τῶν καταλελειμμένων. Ἔθεντο δὲ τοῦτον οἱ πάλαι Ῥωμαῖοι, πολυάνθρωπον ἔσεσθαι τὴν Ῥώμην καὶ τὴν ὑπήκοον οἰόμενοι, καθότι οὐ πρὸ πολλοῦ τοῦ νόμου, ἔτυχον ἀποβαλόντες τὰ σώματα ἐν ἐμφυλίοις πολέμοις.

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Sozomenus, Salaminius Hermias, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Robert Hussey. 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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