# Historia Nova 5.51.1

Zosimus, Historia Nova, Book 5, Chapter 51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/zosimus/historia-nova/5.51.1

ταῦτα ἐπιεικῶς καὶ σωφρόνως Ἀλλαρίχου προτεινομένου, καὶ πάντων ὁμοῦ τὴν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς μετριότητα θαυμαζόντων, Ἰόβιος καὶ οἱ τῷ βασιλεῖ παραδυναστεύοντες ἀνήνυτα ἔφασκον τὰ αἰτούμενα εἶναι, πάντων ὅσοι τὰς ἀρχὰς εἶχον ὀμωμοκότων μὴ ποιεῖσθαι πρὸς Ἀλλάριχον εἰρήνην. εἰ μὲν γὰρ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν τετυχήκει δεδομένος ὅρκος, ἦν ἄν ὡς εἰκὸς παριδεῖν ἐνδιδόντας τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τὴν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀσεβείᾳ συγγνώμην:

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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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