Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historiae Romanae, book 72, chapter 30

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“30. τὴν δὲ Φαυστῖναν ἀποθανοῦσαν ἰσχυρῶς πενθήσας ἔγραψε τῇ βουλῇ μηδένα τῶν Κασσίῳ συναραμένων τεθνάναι, ὡς καὶ ἐκ μόνου τούτου παραμυθίου τινὸς ἐπὶ τῇ Φαυστίνῃ τυχεῖν [2] δυνησόμενος. ¹ ‘μὴ γὰρ γένοιτο’ ἔφη ‘μηδένα [p. 52] ὑμῶν ὑπ᾽ ἐμοὶ μήτε τῇ ἐμῇ μήτε τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ ψήφῳ σφαγῆναι.’ καὶ τέλος ἔφη ὅτι ‘ἂν μὴ τούτου τύχω, σπεύσω πρὸς τὸν θάνατον.’ οὕτω τι καθαρὸς διὰ πάντων καὶ χρηστὸς καὶ εὐσεβὴς ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐδὲν αὐτὸν ἐξεβιάσατο ἔξω τι τῶν ἑαυτοῦ ἠθῶν πρᾶξαι, οὐχ ἡ ἀνοσιουργία τῶν τετολμημένων οὐχ ἡ προσδοκία τῶν ὁμοίων ἐκ [3] τῆς πρὸς ἐκείνους συγγνώμης. ² τοσοῦτον γὰρ ἀπέσχε συμπλάσαι τινὰ ἐπιβουλὴν ἐψευσμένην καὶ σκευωρήσασθαί τινα τραγῳδίαν μὴ γεγενημένην, ὥστε καὶ τοὺς φανερώτατα ἐπαναστάντας αὐτῷ καὶ ὅπλα κατά τε αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τοῦ υἱέος αὐτοῦ λαβόντας, καὶ στρατηγοὺς καὶ δημάρχους καὶ βασιλέας, ἀφεῖναι, καὶ μηδένα αὐτῶν μήτε δι᾽ ἑαυτοῦ μήτε διὰ τῆς γερουσίας μήτε δι᾽ ἄλλης προφάσεως μηδεμιᾶς ἀποκτεῖναι. [4] ἐξ οὗπερ καὶ πάνυ τι πιστεύω ὅτι καὶ τὸν Κάσσιον αὐτόν, εἴπερ ἐζωγρήκει, πάντως ἂν ἐσεσώκει. καὶ γὰρ πολλοὺς καὶ εὐηργέτησε τῶν σφαγέων, ὅσον τὸ ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, αὐτοῦ τε καὶ τοῦ υἱέος αὐτοῦ.” Xiph. 265, 16-24 R. St., Exc. Val. 309 (p. 718). “ ”

1 Cf. (h)\ e)ko/lasen c. 27, 4), a)lla\ kai\ u(pe\r tw=n e)n *(rw/mh| suneilhmme/nwn (e)celhlegme/noi ga\r h)=san ka)ntau=qa tw=n bouleutw=n suxnoi\ ta\ tou= *kassi/ou perifanw=s e)spoudako/tes' e)pe/steile th=| boulh=|, mhde\n xalepo\n gnw=nai, tou/tois a)/ntikrus toi=s r(h/masi xrhsa/menos: au)ta\ ga\r ei)rh/setai, th\n xrhsto/thta tou= a)ndro\s safw=s e)ndeiknu/mena. h)=n d' ou)=n toiau=ta: ‘i(keteu/w u(ma=s, w)= boulh/, kaqara/n mou th\n a)rxh\n a)po\ panto\s ai(/matos bouleutikou= fula/casqai. mh\ ge/noito kte(.’ Joann. Ant. Fr. 118 Muell. v. 23-34. Cf. o(/ti e)gkeime/nhs th=s boulh=s qanatwqh=nai tou\s sumpra/cantas *kassi/w| kai\ tou\s suggenei=s, a)nte/grayen a)/lla te/ tina kai\ tau=ta: ‘de/omai kai\ i(keteu/w, kaqara/n mou th\n a)rxh\n’ kte(. Petr. Patr. Exc. Vat. 120 (p. 224 Mai.=p. 206, 29-207, 2 Dind.).

2 Cf. kai\ ou)k e)ph=re to\n *ma/rkon ou)de\ proshga/geto e)kbh=nai tw=n sunh/qwn logismw=n ou) to\ a)/dikon kai\ a)no/sion tw=n tetolmhme/nwn, ou)x h( a)pisti/a tw=n tolmhsa/ntwn, ou) to\ u(pe\r tw=n o(moi/wn e)s au)=qis de/os. Joann. Ant. Fr. 118 Muell. v. 34-38.

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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