# Historia ecclesiastica 2.15.4-5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 2.15.4 to 2.15.5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.15.4

τῶν οἰκείων στρατευμάτων προηγούμενον, καὶ εὐχὴν καθαρὰν αἱμάτων καὶ ῥύπου. Ὁ δὲ Οὐαλλεριανὸς, ἐφ̓ ὅσον οὐκ ἐκακούργει τὰς ἐκκλησίας, εὐημερῶν διετέλει τὴν ἀρχήν: ἐπεὶ δὲ διωγμὸν ἐγείρειν ἐβουλεύσατο κατὰ τῶν Χριστιανῶν, θεία μῆνις ἐλάσασα αὐτὸν ὑπὸ Πέρσας ἐποίησε: παῤ ὧν αἰχμάλωτος ληφθεὶς, ἐλεεινῶς τὸν βίον κατέπαυσε. Τοιαῦτα Σαβώρῃ γράψας Κωνσταντῖνος, ἐπειρᾶτο πείθειν αὐτὸν εὐνοεῖν τῇ θρησκείᾳ. Πλείστῃ γὰρ ἐχρῆτο κηδεμονίᾳ περὶ τοὺς πανταχοῦ Χριστιανοὺς, Ῥωμαίους καὶ ἀλλοφύλους.

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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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