Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historiae Romanae, book 44, chapter 45

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ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἐάσω: οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδ᾽ αὐτὸς ὁ Καῖσαρ ἐσεμνύνατό ποτε ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς, μισῶν ἀεὶ τὰ ¹ τῆς ἀνάγκης: ἐπεὶ δὲ τὸ δαιμόνιον δικαιότατα τὴν μάχην ἔκρινε, τίνα μὲν τῶν τότε πρῶτον ἁλόντων ἀπέκτεινε, τίνα δὲ οὐκ ἐτίμησεν, οὐχ ὅτι [p. 388] τῶν βουλευτῶν ἢ τῶν ἱππέων ἢ καὶ ὅλως τῶν πολιτῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν συμμάχων τῶν τε ὑπηκόων; [2] οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ ἐκείνων τις οὔτ᾽ ἀπέθανε βιαίως οὔτε αἰτίαν ἔλαβεν, οὐκ ἰδιώτης, οὐ βασιλεύς, οὐκ ἔθνος, οὐ πόλις: ἀλλ᾽ οἱ μὲν καὶ συνεξητάσθησαν αὐτῷ, οἱ δὲ τὴν γοῦν ἄδειαν ἐντίμως ἔσχον, ὥστε τότε δὴ καὶ πάντας ὀδύρεσθαι τῶν [3] ἀπολωλότων. τοσαύτῃ γὰρ περιουσίᾳ φιλανθρωπίας ἐχρήσατο ὥστε τοὺς μὲν συναραμένους τῷ Πομπηίῳ ἐπαινέσαι καὶ πάντα σφίσι τὰ δοθέντα ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ φυλάξαι, τὸν δὲ δὴ ² Φαρνάκην καὶ τὸν Ὀρώδην μισῆσαι ὅτι οὐκ ἐπεκούρησαν φίλοι [4] αὐτοῦ ὄντες. καὶ διὰ τοῦτό γε οὐχ ἥκιστα τῷ μὲν οὐκ ἐς μακρὰν ἐπολέμησε, τῷ δὲ ἐπιστρατεύσειν ἔμελλε. πάντως δ᾽ ἂν καὶ ... ³ ζῶντα εἰλήφει. τεκμήριον δὲ ὅτι μήτε εὐθὺς αὐτὸν ἐπεδίωξεν ἀλλὰ κατὰ σχολὴν εἴασε φυγεῖν, καὶ [5] τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ ἀηδῶς ἤκουσε, τούς τε φονεύσαντας αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐπῄνεσεν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀνταπέκτεινεν οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον, καὶ αὐτόν γε τὸν Πτολεμαῖον, ὅτι καίτοι παῖς ὢν τὸν εὐεργέτην ἀπολόμενον περιεῖδε, προσδιέφθειρε.

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1 a)ei\ ta\ Kübler, au)ta\ LM, au)= ta\ cod. Peir.

2 dh\ cod. Peir., om. LM.

3 Lacuna recognized by Xyl.

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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