# Historia Nova 2.30.2

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 2, Chapter 30. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/2.30.2

θαυμάσας δὲ τὴν τῆς πόλεως θέσιν ἔκρινε ταύτην ὅτι μάλιστα αὐξῆσαι καὶ ἐς βασιλέως οἴκησιν ἁρμοδίαν καταστῆσαι. κεῖται μὲν γὰρ ἡ πόλις ἐπὶ λόφου, μέρος ἐπέχουσα τοῦ ἰσθμοῦ τοῦ διὰ τοῦ καλουμένου Κέρατος καὶ τῆς Προποντίδος ἐκτελουμένου. καὶ τὸ μὲν παλαιὸν εἶχε τὴν πύλην ἐν τῇ συμπληρώσει τῶν στοῶν ἃς Σεβῆρος ὁ βασιλεὺς ᾠκοδομήσατο, παυσάμενος τῆς κατὰ Βυζαντίων ὀργῆς, ὅτι Νίγρον ὑπεδέξαντο πολέμιον ὄντα:

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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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