# Historia Nova 5.40.1

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 5, Chapter 40. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/5.40.1

Ὡς δὲ εἰς ἔσχατον τοῦ κακοῦ προϊόντος καὶ εἰς ἀλληλοφαγίαν ἐλθεῖν ἐκινδύνευσαν, τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων ὅσα ἐξάγιστα εἶναι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐδόκει πεπειραμένοι, πρεσβείαν ἔγνωσαν στεῖλαι πρὸς τὸν πολέμιον, ἀπαγγελοῦσαν ὅτι καὶ πρὸς εἰρήνην εἰσὶν ἕτοιμοι τὸ μέτριον ἔχουσαν καὶ πρὸς πόλεμον ἑτοιμότεροι, τοῦ Ῥωμαίων δήμου καὶ ἀναλαβόντος ὅπλα καὶ τῇ συνεχεῖ περὶ ταῦτα μελέτῃ μηκέτι πρὸς τὸ πολεμεῖν ἀποκνοῦντος.

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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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