Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historiae Romanae, book 46, chapter 45

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45. ἕως μὲν δὴ ἐν ὁδῷ ἔθ᾽ ὁ Καῖσαρ ἦν, ταῦτά τε οὕτως ἐγίγνετο, καὶ ὁμοθυμαδὸν αὐτῶν πάντες οἱ ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ τότε ὄντες ἀντελαμβάνοντο, ὥσπερ που φιλοῦσιν οἱ πολλοί, πρὶν ἔς τε τὴν ὄψιν καὶ ἐς τὴν πεῖραν τῶν δεινῶν ἀφικέσθαι, θρασύνεσθαι. [2] ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐν τῷ προαστείῳ ἐγένετο, ἐφοβήθησαν, καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τῶν βουλευτῶν τινες, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τοῦ δήμου συχνοὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν μετέστησαν. κἀκ τούτου καὶ οἱ στρατηγοὶ ἔκ τε τοῦ Ἰανικούλου κατέβησαν καὶ τούς τε στρατιώτας καὶ ἑαυτοὺς [3] αὐτῷ παρέδωκαν. τήν τε οὖν πόλιν οὕτως ὁ Καῖσαρ ἀμαχεὶ κατέσχε, καὶ ὕπατος καὶ πρὸς τοῦ δήμου ἀπεδείχθη, δύο τινῶν ἀντὶ ὑπάτων πρὸς τὰς ἀρχαιρεσίας αἱρεθέντων, ἐπειδὴ ἀδύνατον ἦν μεσοβασιλέα δι᾽ ὀλίγου οὕτως ἐπ᾽ αὐτὰς κατὰ τὰ πάτρια γενέσθαι, πολλῶν ἀνδρῶν τῶν τὰς εὐπάτριδας ¹ [4] ἀρχὰς ἐχόντων ἀποδημούντων. τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ δύο ἄνδρας ² διὰ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ τοῦ ἀστυνόμου ψηφισθῆναι μᾶλλον ἢ τὸ τοὺς ὑπάτους δἰ αὐτοῦ χειροτονηθῆναι ὑπέμειναν, ὅτι μηδὲν πλέον τῶν ἀρχαιρεσιῶν ποιήσειν ἔμελλον, καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο μηδ᾽ ἀρχήν τινα ἰσχυροτέραν αὐτοῦ ³ [5] ἐσχηκέναι δόξειν. καὶ ἐγίγνετο μέν που ταῦθ᾽ [p. 92] ὑπὸ τῶν ὅπλων: ὁ δὲ δὴ Καῖσαρ, ἵνα δὴ μὴ βεβιάσθαι τι αὐτοὺς δόξῃ, οὐκ ἀπήντησεν ἐς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ὥσπερ τινῶν τὴν παρουσίαν ἀλλ᾽ οὐ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτοῦ φοβουμένων.

1 eu)pa/tridas Dind., eu)patri/d s LM.

2 to\ du/o a)/ndras Bs. following Bk., tw=n du/o a)ndrw=n LM.

3 au)tou= Rubino, au)tw=n L

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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