# Historia Nova 4.39.4

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 4, Chapter 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/4.39.4

τοῦ δὲ ἀκμάζοντος παντὸς ἐν τοῖς βαρβάροις διαφθαρέντος, ἐπὶ τὴν λείαν ἐχώρουν οἱ στρατιῶται, παιδάρια μὲν ἀπάγοντες καὶ γύναια, καὶ τῆς ἀποσκευῆς γενόμενοι κύριοι. τότε δὴ καὶ ὁ στρατηγὸς Πρόμωτος οὐ πόρρω που τὸν βασιλέα Θεοδόσιον ὄντα μετακαλέσας ἐποιεῖτο μάρτυρα τοῦ κατορθώματος.

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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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