# Historia Nova 2.21.1

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 2, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/2.21.1

Κωσταντῖνος δὲ πυθόμενος Σαυρομάτας τῇ Μαιὥ̣?ʼιδι προσοικοῦντας λίμνῃ, ναυσὶ διαβάντας τὸν Ἴστρον, τὴν οὖσαν ὑπ’ αὐτῷ λῄζεσθαι χώραν, ἦγεν ἐπ’ αὐτοὺς τὰ στρατόπεδα. συναντησάντων δὲ καὶ τῶν βαρβάρων αὐτῷ μετὰ Ῥαυσιμόδου τοῦ σφῶν βασιλεύοντος, τὴν ἀρχὴν οἱ Σαυρομάται προσέβαλλον πόλει φρουρὰν ἀρκοῦσαν ἐχούσῃ, ἧς τὸ μὲν ἀπὸ γῆς ἀνατρέχον ἐς ὕψος τοῦ τείχους ἐκ λίθων ᾠκοδόμητο,

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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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