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“4. ὅτι ὁ Κόμμοδος πολλὰ μὲν καὶ ἀπρεπῆ ἔπραξε,
πλείστους δὲ ἐφόνευσε.” Exc. Val. 313 (p. 722).
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καὶ ἐπεβουλεύθη μὲν πολλάκις ὑπό τινων,
πλείστους δὲ ἐφόνευσε καὶ ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας,
τοὺς μὲν φανερῶς τοὺς δὲ λάθρᾳ φαρμάκοις, καὶ
ὡς εἰπεῖν πάντας τοὺς ἐπὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ
[2]
ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἐκείνου ἀνθήσαντας, πλὴν τοῦ τε Πομπηιανοῦ
καὶ τοῦ Περτίνακος καὶ τοῦ Οὐικτωρίνου:
τούτους γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ᾽ ὅπως οὐκ ἀπέκτεινε. λέγω
δὲ ταῦτά τε καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ οὐκ ἐξ ἀλλοτρίας ἔτι
παραδόσεως ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ οἰκείας ἤδη τηρήσεως.
ἐλθὼν δὲ ἐς τὴν Ῥώμην καὶ πρὸς τὴν γερουσίαν
διαλεχθεὶς ἄλλα τέ τινα ἀπελήρησε, καί τι καὶ
[3]
τοιοῦτον ἐν τοῖς αὑτοῦ 1 ἐπαίνοις εἶπεν, ὅτι τὸν
πατέρα ποτὲ ἐς πηλὸν βαθὺν ἐμπεσόντα ἱππεύων
ἐρρύσατο. τοιαῦτα μὲν τὰ σεμνολογήματα αὐτοῦ
[4]
ἦν, ἐσιόντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἐς τὸ θέατρον τὸ κυνηγετικὸν
Κλαύδιος Πομπηιανὸς ἐπεβούλευσε: ξίφος γάρ
τι ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ τῆς ἐσόδου στενοχωρίᾳ ἀνατείνας,
‘ἰδού,’ ἔφη, ‘τοῦτό σοι ἡ βουλὴ πέπομφεν.’ 2
οὗτος ἠγγύητο 3 μὲν τὴν θυγατέρα Λουκίλλης,
ἐχρῆτο δὲ καὶ αὐτῇ ταύτῃ καὶ τῇ τῆς κόρης μητρί,
[5]
καὶ διὰ ταῦτα τῷ Κομμόδῳ ᾠκείωτο ὡς καὶ
[p. 78]
συνεστιᾶσθαι καὶ συννεανιεύεσθαι αὐτῷ. ἡ γὰρ
Λουκίλλα οὐδὲν ἐπιεικεστέρα οὐδὲ σωφρονεστέρα
τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ Κομμόδου ὑπάρχουσα ἤχθετο μὲν
τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὑτῆς 4 τῷ Πομπηιανῷ: ὅθεν καὶ
ἀνέπεισε τὸν εἰρημένον ἐπιθέσθαι τῷ Κομμόδῳ,
καὶ αὐτόν τε ἀπώλεσε καὶ αὐτὴ φωραθεῖσα
[6]
ἐπανῃρέθη. ἀπέκτεινε δὲ καὶ τὴν Κρισπῖναν ὁ
Κόμμοδος, ἐπὶ μοιχείᾳ δή τινι ὀργισθεὶς αὐτῇ.
πρὸ δὲ τοῦ ἀναιρεθῆναι καὶ ἀμφότεραι ἐς τὴν
νῆσον τὴν Καπρίαν ὑπερωρίσθησαν.
Μαρκία δέ τις Κουαδράτου 5 τῶν τότε φονευθέντων
ἑνὸς παλλακή, καὶ Ἔκλεκτος πρόκοιτος,
ὁ μὲν καὶ τοῦ Κομμόδου πρόκοιτος, ἡ δὲ παλλακὴ
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ἐγένετο καὶ τοῦ Ἐκλέκτου μετὰ ταῦτα γυνή: καὶ
ἐπεῖδε καὶ ἐκείνους βιαίως ἀποθνήσκοντας. ἱστορεῖται
δὲ αὕτη πολλά τε ὑπὲρ τῶν Χριστιανῶν
σπουδάσαι καὶ πολλὰ αὐτοὺς εὐηργετηκέναι, ἅτε
καὶ παρὰ τῷ Κομμόδῳ πᾶν δυναμένη.” Xiph. 269, 19-270, 14 R. St.
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Dio's Roman History. Cassius Dio Cocceianus. Earnest Cary. Herbert Baldwin Foster. William Heinemann, Harvard University Press. London; New York. 1914-. Keyboarding.
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