# Historia Nova 5.17.1

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 5, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/5.17.1

ὁ δὲ Γαΐνης δεδιὼς μή ποτε πανταχόθεν ὁ Τριβίγιλδος πολιορκούμενος, οὐκ ἔχων ἀξιόμαχον δύναμιν, ἄρδην ἀπόλοιτο, τῶν συνόντων αὐτῷ βαρβάρων λόχους ἄλλους ἐπ’ ἄλλοις ἔπεμπε τοῖς Ῥωμαϊκοῖς στρατοπέδοις, ὅπως αὐτά τε κατὰ βραχὺ διαφθείροιντο καὶ Τριβιγίλδῳ φυγῆς εὐρυχωρία δοθείη.

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4084.tlg001.local001/.