# Historia ecclesiastica 5.14.1

Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 5, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/historia-ecclesiastica/5.14.1

Χρόνου δὲ συχνοῦ τριβομένου, μεμάθηκε μὲν ὁ Μάξιμος τὰ κατὰ τοῦ μεγαλοφώνου κήρυκος τῆς ἀληθείας τολμώμενα, ἐπέστειλε δὲ τῷ Βαλεντινιανῷ, τὸν κατὰ τῆς εὐσεβείας πόλεμον καταλῦσαι παρεγγυῶν καὶ παραινῶν μὴ προέσθαι τὴν πατρῴαν εὐσέβειαν· προστέθεικε δὲ καὶ τοῦ πολέμου τὴν ἀπειλὴν εἰ μὴ πείθοιτο, καὶ μέντοι καὶ τοῖς λόγοις τὸ ἔργον ἐπέθηκε. τὴν γὰρ στρατιὰν ἀγείρας ἐπὶ τὴν Μεδιόλανον ὥρμησεν ἔνθα ἐκεῖνος διῆγεν. ὁ δὲ μαθὼν τὴν ἔφοδον εἰς Ἰλλυρίους ᾤχετο φεύγων, τῇ πείρᾳ μαθὼν τίνων ἐκ τῆς μητρῴας ἀπώνατο συμβουλῆς.

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Theodoretus, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Léon Parmentier. 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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