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35. ἦρχεν μὲν αὐτῆς ὁ Βασιλιανός, ὃν καὶ ἐς τὴν τοῦ Ἰουλιανοῦ χώραν ἔπαρχον ὁ Μακρῖνος ἐπεποιήκει, διῆγεν δέ τινα καὶ Μάριος Σεκοῦνδος, καίπερ βουλευτής τε ὑπὸ τοῦ Μακρίνου γεγονὼς καὶ 1 τῆς Φοινίκης προστατῶν: καὶ ἦσαν κατὰ ταῦτα ἀμφότεροι αὐτῷ προσκείμενοι, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τοὺς τοῦ Ψευδαντωνίνου δρομοκήρυκας [2] ἀπέκτειναν. μέχρι μὲν δὴ οὖν ἐν ἀμφιβόλῳ τὰ πράγματα ἦν, μετέωροι καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ οἱ στρατιῶται οἵ τε ἰδιῶται ἦσαν, οἱ μέν τινες αὐτῶν ταῦτα οἱ δὲ ἐκεῖνα κατὰ τὸ 2 στασιωτικὸν καὶ βουλόμενοι καὶ εὐχόμενοι καὶ διαθρυλοῦντες. ἐπεὶ δὲ τῆς ἥττης τοῦ Μακρίνου ἀγγελία ἀφίκετο, στάσις ἰσχυρὰ ἐγένετο καὶ τοῦ τε δήμου πολλοὶ καὶ τῶν [p. 420] [3] στρατιωτῶν οὐκ ὀλίγοι διώλοντο, ὅ τε Σεκοῦνδος ἐν ἀμηχανίᾳ ἔπεσε, καὶ ὁ Βασιλιανὸς φοβηθεὶς μὴ καὶ ἐν χερσὶν ἀπόληται ἔκ τε τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐξέδρα, καὶ ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν τὴν περὶ τὸ Βρεντέσιον ἐλθὼν ἐφωράθη, προδοθεὶς ὑπὸ φίλου τινός, ᾧ 3 ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ ὄντι κρύφα προσέπεμψεν τροφὴν αἰτῶν. καὶ ὁ μὲν οὕτως, ὕστερον ἐς τὴν Νικομήδειαν ἀναχθείς, ἐσφάγη.

1 kai/ Leuncl., *o V.

2 to/ supplied by Leuncl.

3 w(=| Urs. *w*n, V.

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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