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“11. αὐτὸς δὲ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὰ Ἄτρα ἐστράτευσε,
πολλὰ μὲν σιτία παρασκευάσας πολλὰ δὲ καὶ
μηχανήματα ἑτοιμασάμενος: καὶ γὰρ δεινὸν
ἐποιεῖτο, τῶν ἄλλων κεχειρωμένων, μόνην ταύτην
ἐν μέσῳ κειμένην ἀντέχειν. καὶ ἀπώλεσε καὶ
χρήματα πλεῖστα καὶ τὰ μηχανήματα πάντα,
πλὴν τῶν Πρισκείων, ὡς ἀνωτέρω ἔφην, καὶ σὺν
[2]
τούτοις καὶ στρατιώτας πολλούς. συχνοὶ μὲν
γὰρ καὶ ἐν ταῖς προνομαῖς ἐφθείροντο, τῆς
βαρβαρικῆς ἵππου ῾φημὶ δὴ τῆς τῶν Ἀραβίων 1
[p. 222]
πανταχοῦ ὀξέως τε καὶ 2 σφοδρῶς ἐπιπιπτούσης
αὐτοῖς: καὶ οἱ Ἀτρηνοὶ ἐξικνοῦντο μὲν καὶ ταῖς
τοξείαις ἐπὶ μακρότατον ῾καὶ γὰρ ἐκ μηχανῶν
[3]
βέλη τινὰ ἐξέκρουον, ὥστε πολλοὺς καὶ τῶν τοῦ
Σεουήρου ὑπασπιστῶν βαλεῖν, σύνδυό τε αὐτῶν
βέλη ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτὴν ῥύμην ἱέντων, πολλαῖς τε
ἅμα χερσὶ καὶ πολλοῖς τοξεύμασι βαλλόντων᾽,
πλεῖστον δὲ ὅμως ἐκάκωσαν αὐτοὺς ἐπειδὴ τῷ
τείχει προσέμιξαν, καὶ πολὺ πλεῖον ἐπεὶ καὶ
[4]
διέρρηξάν τι αὐτοῦ: τά τε γὰρ ἄλλα καὶ τὸ
νάφθα τὸ ἀσφαλτῶδες ἐκεῖνο, περὶ οὗ ἄνω μοι
γέγραπται, ἀφιέντες 3 σφίσι τά τε μηχανήματα
καὶ τοὺς στρατιώτας πάντας, οἷς ἐπεβλήθη,
κατέπρησαν. καὶ αὐτὰ ὁ Σεουῆρος ἀπὸ βήματος
”
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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