# Historia Nova 1.21.1

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 1, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/1.21.1

συνταραχθέντος δὲ ἐπὶ τούτοις Φιλίππου, καὶ δεομένου τῆς γερουσίας ἢ συλλαβέσθαι οἱ πρὸς τὰ καθεστῶτα ἢ γοῦν, εἰ τῇ αὐτοῦ δυσαρεστοῖεν ἀρχῇ, ταύτης ἀφεῖναι, μηδενὸς δὲ τὸ παράπαν ἀποκριναμένου, Δέκιος καὶ γένει προέχων καὶ ἀξιώματι, προσέτι δὲ καὶ πάσαις διαπρέπων ταῖς ἀρεταῖς, μάτην ἔλεγεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τουτοις ἀγωνιᾶν: ῥᾷον γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ταῦτα διαφθαρήσεσθαι,

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Zosimus, Historia Nova, ed. Ludwig Mendelssohn. 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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