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“27. ταῦτα μὲν δὴ τοιαῦτά ἐστι, τοῦ δ᾽ ἐνιαυτοῦ
ἐκείνου ἐξελθόντος Οὐαλέριός τε Ἀσιατικὸς τὸ
[p. 436]
δεύτερον καὶ Μᾶρκος Σιλανὸς ὑπάτευσαν. καὶ
οὗτος μὲν ἐφ᾽ ὅσον ᾑρέθη ἦρξεν, Ἀσιατικὸς δὲ
ἀπεδείχθη μὲν ὡς καὶ δι᾽ ἔτους ὑπατεύσων, ὃ καὶ
ἐπ᾽ ἄλλων ἐγίγνετο, οὐ μέντοι καὶ ἐποίησε τοῦτο,
[2]
ἀλλ᾽ ἀφῆκε τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐθελούσιος. καὶ αὐτὸ καὶ
ἕτεροί τινες ἔπραξαν: ἀλλ᾽ ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ὑπὸ πενίας
῾τὰ γὰρ ἀναλώματα τὰ ἐν ταῖς ἱπποδρομίαις
γιγνόμενα ἐπὶ πολὺ ἐκεχωρήκει: τετράκις γὰρ καὶ
εἰκοσάκις ὡς πλήθει ἡμιλλῶντὀ, ὁ δ᾽ Ἀσιατικὸς
ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ τοῦ πλούτου, ὑφ᾽ οὗπερ καὶ ἀπέθανεν:
[3]
ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἔν τε πολλῇ περιουσίᾳ ἦν καὶ ἐκ τοῦ
δεύτερον ὑπατεύειν καὶ ἐπαχθὴς καὶ ἐπίφθονος
πολλοῖς 1 ἐγεγόνει, καταλῦσαι τρόπον τινὰ αὐτὸς
ἑαυτὸν ἠθέλησεν ὡς καὶ ἧττόν τι παρὰ τοῦτο
[4]
κινδυνεύσων. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἐξηπατήθη, ὁ δὲ Οὐινίκιος
ὑπὸ μὲν τοῦ Κλαυδίου οὐδὲν ἔπαθεν ῾ἦν μὲν γὰρ
διαπρεπὴς ἀνήρ, τὴν δὲ δὴ ἡσυχίαν ἄγων καὶ τὰ
ἑαυτοῦ πράττων ἐσώζετὀ, ὑπὸ δὲ τῆς Μεσσαλίνης,
ὑποψίᾳ τε ὅτι τὴν 2 γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ τὴν Ἰουλίαν
ἀπεκτόνει, καὶ ὀργῇ 3 ὅτι οὐκ ἠθέλησέν οἱ συγγενέσθαι,
φαρμάκῳ διεφθάρη. καὶ οὕτω ταφῆς
τε δημοσίας καὶ ἐπαίνων ἠξιώθη: πολλοῖς γὰρ
[5]
δὴ καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἐδίδοτο. Ἀσίνιος 4 δὲ δὴ Γάλλος
ὁ τοῦ Δρούσου πρὸς μητρὸς ἀδελφὸς ἐπεβούλευσε
μὲν τῷ Κλαυδίῳ, οὐκ ἀπέθανε δὲ ἀλλ᾽ ὑπερωρίσθη.
αἴτιον δὲ ἴσως μὲν καὶ ἐκεῖνο ὅτι μήτε
στράτευμα προπαρασκευάσας μήτε χρήματα
προαθροίσας, ἀλλ᾽ ὑπ᾽ ἀνοίας πολλῆς, ὡς καὶ
ἑκουσίων τῶν Ῥωμαίων διὰ τὸ γένος ἄρξων,
[p. 438]
ἐθρασύνετο: τὸ δὲ δὴ πλεῖστον ὅτι καὶ σμικρότατος
καὶ δυσειδέστατος ὤν, κἀκ τούτου
καταφρονηθείς, γέλωτα μᾶλλον ἢ κίνδυνον ὦφλεν.
”
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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