# Historia ecclesiastica 2.6.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.6.2

Πᾶσι δὲ βαρβάροις σχεδὸν πρόφασις συνέβη πρεσβεύειν τὸ δόγμα τῶν Χριστιανῶν, οἱ γενόμενοι κατὰ καιρὸν πόλεμοι Ῥωμαίοις καὶ τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις, ἐπὶ τῆς Γαλλιήνου ἡγεμονίας καὶ τῶν μετ̓ αὐτὸν βασιλέων. Ἐπεὶ γὰρ τότε πλῆθος ἄφατον μιγάδων ἐθνῶν, ἐκ τῆς Θρᾴκης περαιωθὲν τὴν Ἀσίαν κατέδραμεν, ἄλλοι τε ἀλλαχῆ βάρβαροι ταυτὸν εἰργάσαντο τοὺς παρακειμένους Ῥωμαίους, πολλοὶ τῶν ἱερέων τοῦ Χριστοῦ αἰχμάλωτοι γενόμενοι,

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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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