# Historia Nova 5.34.5

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 5, Chapter 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/5.34.5

Εὐχερίου δὲ τοῦ τούτου παιδὸς ἐν τῷ ταῦτα γενέσθαι πεφευγότος καὶ εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην ἀναχωρήσαντος, ἤγετο Στελίχων ἐπὶ τὸν θάνατον. τῶν δὲ περὶ αὐτὸν βαρβάρων καὶ οἰκετῶν καὶ ἄλλως οἰκείων ʽἦσαν γὰρ πλῆθος οὐ μέτριον̓ ἀφελέσθαι τῆς σφαγῆς αὐτὸν ὁρμησάντων, σὺν ἀπειλῇ πάσῃ καὶ φόβῳ ταύτης αὐτοὺς Στελίχων ἀποστήσας τῆς ἐγχειρήσεως τρόπον τινὰ τὸν τράχηλον αὐτὸς ὑπέσχε τῷ ξίφει, πάντων ὡς εἰπεῖν τῶν ἐν ἐκείνῳ δυναστευσάντων τῷ χρόνῳ γεγονὼς μετριώτερος.

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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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