# Historia ecclesiastica 7.22.6

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 7, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/7.22.6

Καὶ Εὐγένιος μὲν ταύταις ταῖς ἐλπίσι βουκολούμενος, πλείστην ἤγειρε στρατιὰν, καὶ τὰς πρὸς τῇ Ἰταλίᾳ πύλας, ἃς οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι Ἰουλίας Ἄλπεις καλοῦσι, προκαταλαβὼν ἐφρούρει, ὡς ἐν στενῷ μίαν πάροδον ἐχούσας, ἑκατέρωθεν πεφραγμένας ἀπορρῶξι καὶ ὑψηλοτάτοις ὄρεσι.

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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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