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μόνον τὰς πολεμικὰς πράξεις τῶν ἐπισήμων ἡγεμόνων [p. 209] διεξιέναι, μηδ᾽ εἴ τι πολίτευμα καλὸν καὶ σωτήριον ταῖς πόλεσιν ἀπεδείξαντο ἐξευρόντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς βίους αὐτῶν, εἰ μέτριοι καὶ σώφρονες καὶ μένοντες ἐπὶ τοῖς πατρίοις ἐπιτηδεύμασι διετέλεσαν, ἐπιδείκνυσθαι. [2] ἐκεῖνος τοίνυν ὁ ἀνὴρ συγκαταλύσας μὲν τοὺς βασιλεῖς ἐν τοῖς πρώτοις τέτταρσι πατρικίοις καὶ δημεύσας αὐτῶν τὰς ὑπάρξεις, τετράκις δὲ τῆς ὑπατικῆς ἐξουσίας γενόμενος κύριος, μεγίστους δὲ δύο νικήσας πολέμους καὶ θριάμβους καταγαγὼν ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων, τὸν μὲν πρῶτον ἀπὸ τοῦ Τυρρηνῶν ἔθνους, τὸν δὲ δεύτερον ἀπὸ Σαβίνων, τοιαύτας ἀφορμὰς χρηματισμοῦ λαβών, ἃς οὐδεὶς ἂν ὡς αἰσχρὰς καὶ ἀδίκους διέβαλεν, οὐχ ἑάλω τῇ πάντας ἀνθρώπους καταδουλουμένῃ καὶ ἀσχημονεῖν ἀναγκαζούσῃ φιλοχρηματίᾳ: ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ τῇ μικρᾷ καὶ πατροπαραδότῳ διέμενεν οὐσίᾳ σώφρονα
Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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