# Historia Nova 2.34.2

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 2, Chapter 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/2.34.2

καὶ ταύτην δὴ τὴν ἀσφάλειαν διαφθείρων ὁ Κωσταντῖνος τῶν στρατιωτῶν τὸ πολὺ μέρος τῶν ἐσχατιῶν ἀποστήσας ταῖς οὐ δεομέναις βοηθείας πόλεσιν ἐγκατέστησε, καὶ τοὺς ἐνοχλουμένους ὑπὸ βαρβάρων ἐγύμνωσε βοηθείας, καὶ ταῖς ἀνειμέναις τῶν πόλεων τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἐπέθηκε λύμην, δἰ ἣν ἤδη πλεῖσται γεγόνασιν ἔρημοι, καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας ἐκδόντας ἑαυτοὺς θεάτροις καὶ τρυφαῖς ἐμαλάκισε, καὶ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν τῆς ἄχρι τοῦδε τῶν πραγμάτων ἀπωλείας αὐτὸς τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τὰ σπέρματα δέδωκε.

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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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