Cassius Dio Cocceianus, Historiae Romanae, book 68, chapter 9

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“9. ὅτι ὁ Δεκέβαλος ἐπεπόμφει μὲν καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἥττης πρέσβεις, οὐκέτι τῶν κομητῶν ὥσπερ πρότερον, ἀλλὰ τῶν πιλοφόρων τοὺς ἀρίστους. [2] καὶ ἐκεῖνοι τά τε ὅπλα ῥίψαντες καὶ ἑαυτοὺς ἐς τὴν γῆν καταβαλόντες ἐδεήθησαν τοῦ Τραϊανοῦ μάλιστα μὲν αὐτῷ τῷ Δεκεβάλῳ καὶ ἐς ὄψιν καὶ ἐς λόγους αὐτοῦ ἐλθεῖν, ¹ ὡς καὶ πάντα τὰ κελευσθησόμενα ποιήσοντι, ἐπιτραπῆναι, εἰ δὲ μή, σταλῆναί γέ τινα τὸν συμβησόμενον αὐτῷ. καὶ ἐπέμφθη ὁ Σούρας καὶ Κλαύδιος Λιουιανὸς ² [3] ὁ ἔπαρχος. ἐπράχθη δὲ οὐδέν: ὁ γὰρ Δεκέβαλος οὐδὲ ἐκείνοις ἐτόλμησε συμμῖξαι, ἔπεμψε δὲ καὶ τότε. ὁ δὲ Τραϊανὸς ὄρη τε ἐντετειχισμένα ἔλαβε, καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς τά τε ὅπλα τά τε μηχανήματα τὰ αἰχμάλωτα τό τε σημεῖον τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ Φούσκου [4] ἁλὸν εὗρε. δι᾽ οὖν ταῦτα ὁ Δεκέβαλος, ἄλλως τε [p. 376] καὶ ἐπειδὴ ὁ Μάξιμος ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ τήν τε ἀδελφὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ χωρίον τι ἰσχυρὸν εἷλεν, ³ οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐχ ἑτοίμως τῶν προσταχθέντων ⁴ ἔσχε συνθέσθαι, οὐχ ὅτι καὶ ἐμμενεῖν ⁵ αὐτοῖς ἔμελλεν, [5] ἀλλ᾽ ἵν᾽ ἐκ τῶν παρόντων ἀναπνεύσῃ. τὰ γὰρ ὅπλα καὶ τὰ μηχανήματα τούς τε μηχανοποιοὺς παραδοῦναι καὶ τοὺς αὐτομόλους ἀποδοῦναι, τά τε ἐρύματα καθελεῖν καὶ τῆς χώρας τῆς ἑαλωκυίας ἀποστῆναι, καὶ προσέτι τούς τε αὐτοὺς ἐχθροὺς καὶ [6] φίλους τοῖς Ῥωμαίοις νομίζειν, καὶ μήτ᾽ αὐτόμολόν ⁶ τινα ὑποδέχεσθαι μήτε στρατιώτῃ τινὶ ἐκ τῆς τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς χρῆσθαι ῾τοὺς γὰρ πλείστους τούς τε ἀρίστους ἐκεῖθεν ἀναπείθων προσεποιεῖτὀ καὶ ἄκων ὡμολόγησε, πρός τε τὸν Τραϊανὸν ἐλθὼν καὶ ἐς τὴν γῆν πεσὼν καὶ προσκυνήσας αὐτὸν ⁷ [7] καὶ τὰ ὅπλα ἀπορρίψας. καὶ πρέσβεις ἐπὶ τούτοις ἐς τὸ βουλευτήριον ἔπεμψεν, ὅπως καὶ παρ᾽ ἐκείνου τὴν εἰρήνην βεβαιώσηται. ταῦτα [p. 378] συνθέμενος καὶ τὸ στρατόπεδον ἐν Ζερμιζεγεθούσῃ ⁸ καταλιπών, τήν τε ἄλλην χώραν φρουραῖς διαλαβών, ἐς τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἀνεκομίσθη.” Exc. UG 47 (p. 401), Xiph. 231, 16-24 R. St. “ ”

1 Cf. yo(/ti *deke/balos pro\s *trai+ano\n pre/sbeis e)/pemye pilofo/rous: ou(=toi ga/r ei)si par' au)toi=s oi( timiw/teroi. pro/teron ga\r komh/tas e)/pempe, eu)teleste/rous dokou=ntas par' au)toi=s ei)=nai. e)kei=noi de\ e)lqo/ntes e)pi\ tou= *trai+anou= e)/rriyan kai\ ta\ o(/pla kai\ ta\s xei=ras o)/pisqen dh/santes e)n ai)xmalw/twn ta/cei e)de/onto tou= *trai+anou= ei)s lo/gous e)lqei=n *dekeba/lou. Petr. Patr. exc. de leg.G 4 (Hoesch. p. 15=fr. 5 Muell. Fragm. hist. Graec. 4pp. 185 s#3.)

2 *liouiano\s Bk., libiano\s AB, libano\s M.

3 ei(=len Reim., ei)=xen ABM.

4 prostaxqe/ntwn Reim., protaqe/ntwn ABM.

5 e)mmenei=n Bk., e)mme/nein ABM.

6 au)to/molon Petr. Patricius, au)to\n o(/lws ABM.

7 au)to\n ABM, au)tw= *wC Zon.

8 *zermizegeqou/sh| Leuncl., zermigezeqou/sh| AB, zermigeqou/sh| M.

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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