第5巻 第1章

Greek Τὰ μὲν οὖν ἐν Λιβύῃ πράγματα τῇδε Ῥωμαίοις ἐχώρησεν. ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπὶ πόλεμον τὸν Γοτθικὸν εἶμι, ἐπειπὼν πρότερον ὅσα Γότθοις τε καὶ Ἰταλιώταις πρὸ τοῦδε τοῦ πολέμου γενέσθαι ξυνέβη.

Dewing Such, then, were the fortunes of the Romans in Libya. I shall now proceed to the Gothic War, first telling all that befell the Goths and Italians before this war.

Greek Ἐπὶ Ζήνωνος ἐν Βυζαντίῳ βασιλεύοντος Αὔγουστος εἶχε τὸ ἑσπέριον κράτος, ὃν καὶ Αὐγούστουλον ὑποκοριζόμενοι ἐκάλουν Ῥωμαῖοι, ὅτι δὴ μειράκιον ὢν ἔτι τὴν βασιλείαν παρέλαβεν, ἥν οἱ Ὀρέστης ὁ πατὴρ διῳκεῖτο ξυνετώτατος ὤν.

Dewing During the reign of Zeno in Byzantium the power in the West was held by Augustus, whom the Romans used to call by the diminutive name Augustulus because he took over the empire while still a lad, his father Orestes, a man of the greatest discretion, administering it as regent for him.

Greek ἐτύγχανον δὲ Ῥωμαῖοι χρόνῳ τινὶ πρότερον Σκίρους τε καὶ Ἀλανοὺς καὶ ἄλλα ἄττα Γοτθικὰ ἔθνη ἐς ξυμμαχίαν ἐπαγαγόμενοι· ἐξ οὗ δὴ αὐτοῖς πρός τε Ἀλαρίχου καὶ Ἀττίλα συνηνέχθη παθεῖν ἅπερ μοι ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν λόγοις ἐρρήθη.

Dewing Now it happened that the Romans a short time before had induced the Sciri and Alani and certain other Gothic nations to form an alliance with them; and from that time on it was their fortune to suffer at the hand of Alaric and Attila those things which have been told in the previous narrative.⁠

Greek ὅσῳ τε τὰ τῶν βαρβάρων ἐν αὐτοῖς ἤκμαζε, τοσούτῳ τὸ τῶν Ῥωμαίων στρατιωτῶν ἀξίωμα ἤδη ὑπέληγε, καὶ τῷ εὐπρεπεῖ τῆς ξυμμαχίας ὀνόματι πρὸς τῶν ἐπηλύδων τυραννούμενοι ἐβιάζοντο· ὥστε αὐτοὺς ἀνέδην ἄλλα τε πολλὰ οὔ τι ἑκουσίους ἠνάγκαζον καὶ τελευτῶντες ξύμπαντας πρὸς αὐτοὺς νείμασθαι τοὺς ἐπὶ τῆς Ἰταλίας ἀγροὺς ἠξίουν.

Dewing And in proportion as the barbarian element among them became strong, just so did the prestige of the Roman soldiers forthwith decline, and under the fair name of alliance they were more and more tyrannized over by the intruders and oppressed by them; so that the barbarians ruthlessly forced many other measures upon the Romans much against their will and finally demanded that they should divide with them the entire land of Italy.

Greek ὧν δὴ τὸ τριτημόριον σφίσι διδόναι τὸν Ὀρέστην ἐκέλευον, ταῦτά τε ποιήσειν αὐτὸν ὡς ἥκιστα ὁμολογοῦντα εὐθὺς ἔκτειναν.

Dewing And indeed they commanded Orestes to give them the third part of this, and when he would by no means agree to do so, they killed him immediately.

Greek ἦν δέ τις ἐν αὐτοῖς Ὀδόακρος ὄνομα, ἐς τοὺς βασιλέως δορυφόρους τελῶν· ὃς αὐτοῖς τότε ποιήσειν τὰ ἐπαγγελλόμενα ὡμολόγησεν, ἤνπερ αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς καταστήσωνται.

Dewing Now there was a certain man among the Romans named Odoacer, one of the bodyguards of the emperor, and he at that time agreed to carry out their commands, on condition that they should set him upon the throne.

Greek οὕτω τε τὴν τυραννίδα παραλαβὼν ἄλλο μὲν οὐδὲν τὸν βασιλέα κακὸν ἔδρασεν, ἐν ἰδιώτου δὲ λόγῳ βιοτεύειν τὸ λοιπὸν εἴασε.

Dewing And when he had received the supreme power in this way, he did the emperor no further harm, but allowed him to live thenceforth as a private citizen.

Greek καὶ τοῖς βαρβάροις τὸ τριτημόριον τῶν ἀγρῶν παρασχόμενος τούτῳ τε τῷ τρόπῳ αὐτοὺς βεβαιότατα ἑταιρισάμενος τὴν τυραννίδα ἐς ἔτη ἐκρατύνετο δέκα.

Dewing And by giving the third part of the land to the barbarians, and in this way gaining their allegiance most firmly he held the supreme power securely for ten years.

Greek Ὑπὸ δὲ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους καὶ Γότθοι, οἳ ἐπὶ Θρᾴκης δόντος βασιλέως κατῴκηντο, ὅπλα ἐπὶ Ῥωμαίους, Θευδερίχου σφίσιν ἡγουμένου, ἀντῆραν, ἀνδρὸς πατρικίου τε καὶ ἐς τὸν ὑπάτων δίφρον ἀναβεβηκότος ἐν Βυζαντίῳ.

Dewing It was at about this time that the Goths also, who were dwelling in Thrace with the permission of the emperor, took up arms against the Romans under the leader­ship of Theoderic, a man who was of patrician rank and had attained the consular office in Byzantium.

Greek Ζήνων δὲ βασιλεύς, τὰ παρόντα εὖ τίθεσθαι ἐπιστάμενος, Θευδερίχῳ παρῄνει ἐς Ἰταλίαν πορεύεσθαι καὶ Ὀδοάκρῳ ἐς χεῖρας ἰόντι τὴν ἑσπερίαν ἐπικράτησιν αὑτῷ τε καὶ Γότθοις πορίζεσθαι.

Dewing But the Emperor Zeno, who understood how to settle to his advantage any situation in which he found himself, advised Theoderic to proceed to Italy, attack Odoacer, and win for himself and the Goths the western dominion.

Greek ἄμεινον γάρ οἱ εἶναι, ἄλλως τε καὶ ἐπ’ ἀξίωμα βουλῆς ἥκοντι, τύραννον βιασαμένῳ Ῥωμαίων τε καὶ Ἰταλιωτῶν ἄρχειν ἁπάντων ἢ βασιλεῖ διαμαχομένῳ ἐς τόσον κινδύνου ἰέναι.

Dewing For it was better for him, he said, especially as he had attained the senatorial dignity, to force out a usurper and be ruler over all the Romans and Italians than to incur the great risk of a decisive struggle with the emperor.

Greek Θευδέριχος δὲ ἡσθεὶς τῇ ὑποθήκῃ ἐς Ἰταλίαν ᾔει, καὶ αὐτῷ ὁ τῶν Γότθων λεὼς εἵπετο, παῖδάς τε καὶ γυναῖκας ἐν ταῖς ἁμάξαις ἐνθέμενοι καὶ τὰ ἔπιπλα ὅσα φέρειν οἷοί τε ἦσαν.

Dewing Now Theoderic was pleased with the suggestion and went to Italy, and he was followed by the Gothic host, who placed in their waggons the women and children and such of their chattels as they were able to take with them.

Greek ἐπειδή τε κόλπου ἄγχιστα τοῦ Ἰονίου ἐγένοντο, διαπορθμεύεσθαι, νηῶν σφίσιν οὐ παρουσῶν, ἥκιστα εἶχον· περιιόντες δὲ τὴν τοῦ κόλπου περίοδον πρόσω ἐχώρουν διά τε Ταυλαντίων καὶ τῶν ταύτῃ ἐθνῶν.

Dewing And when they came near the Ionian Gulf,⁠ they were quite unable to cross over it, since they had no ships at hand; and so they made the journey around the gulf, advancing through the land of the Taulantii and the other nations of that region.

Greek τούτοις δὲ οἱ ἀμφὶ Ὀδόακρον ὑπαντιάσαντες μάχαις τε ἡσσηθέντες πολλαῖς ἔν τε Ῥαβέννῃ σὺν τῷ ἡγεμόνι σφᾶς αὐτοὺς εἷρξαν καὶ ἐν τοῖς μάλιστα τῶν ἄλλων χωρίων ἰσχυροῖς οὖσι.

Dewing Here the forces of Odoacer encountered them, but after being defeated in many battles, they shut themselves up with their leader in Ravenna and such other towns as were especially strong.

Greek καθεστηκότες δὲ εἰς πολιορκίαν οἱ Γότθοι τὰ μὲν ἄλλα χωρία ξύμπαντα τρόπῳ δὴ ὅτῳ ἑκάστῳ τετύχηκεν εἷλον, Καισῆναν δὲ τὸ φρούριον, ὅπερ σταδίοις τριακοσίοις Ῥαβέννης διέχει, Ῥάβεννάν τε αὐτήν, ἔνθα καὶ Ὀδόακρον συμπέπτωκεν εἶναι, οὔτε ὁμολογίᾳ οὔτε βίᾳ ἑλεῖν ἴσχυον.

Dewing And the Goths laid siege to these places and captured them all, in one way or another, as it chanced in each case, except that they were unable to capture, either by surrender or by storm, the fortresses of Caesena,⁠ which is three hundred stades distant from Ravenna,⁠ and Ravenna itself, where Odoacer happened to be.

Greek Ῥάβεννα γὰρ αὕτη ἐν πεδίῳ μὲν κεῖται ὑπτίῳ ἐς τοῦ Ἰονίου κόλπου τὰ ἔσχατα, δυοῖν σταδίοιν διειργομένη μέτρῳ τὸ μὴ ἐπιθαλάσσιος εἶναι, οὐκ εὐέφοδος δὲ οὔτε ναυσὶν οὔτε πεζῶν στρατῷ φαίνεται οὖσα.

Dewing For this city of Ravenna lies in a level plain at the extremity of the Ionian Gulf, lacking two stades of being on the sea, and it is so situated as not to be easily approached either by ships or by a land army.

Greek αἵ τε γὰρ νῆες καταίρειν ἐς τὴν ἐκείνῃ ἀκτὴν ἥκιστα ἔχουσιν, ἐπεὶ αὐτὴ ἡ θάλασσα ἐμπόδιός ἐστι βράχος ποιουμένη οὐχ ἧσσον ἢ κατὰ σταδίους τριάκοντα, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ τὴν ἠϊόνα ταύτην, καίπερ τοῖς πλέουσιν ἄγχιστα ὁρωμένην, τῇ τοῦ βράχους περιουσίᾳ ἑκαστάτω ξυμβαίνει εἶναι.

Dewing Ships cannot possibly put in to shore there because the sea itself prevents them by forming shoals for not less than thirty stades; consequently the beach at Ravenna, although to the eye of mariners it is very near at hand, is in reality very far away by reason of the great extent of the shoal-water.

Greek καὶ τῷ πεζῷ στρατῷ ἐσβατὴ οὐδαμῆ γίγνεται· Πάδος τε γὰρ ὁ ποταμός, ὃν καὶ Ἠριδανὸν καλοῦσιν, ἐξ ὁρίων τῶν Κελτικῶν ταύτῃ φερόμενος καὶ ποταμοὶ ἄλλοι ναυσίποροι ξὺν λίμναις τισὶ πανταχόθεν αὐτὴν περιβάλλοντες ἀμφίρρυτον ποιοῦσι τὴν πόλιν.

Dewing And a land army cannot approach it at all; for the river Po, also called the Eridanus, which flows past Ravenna, coming from the boundaries of Celtica, and other navigable rivers together with some marshes, encircle it on all sides and so cause the city to be surrounded by water.

Greek ἐνταῦθα γίγνεταί τι ἐς ἡμέραν ἑκάστην θαυμάσιον οἷον. ἡ θάλασσα πρωῒ ποιουμένη σχῆμα ποταμοῦ ἡμέρας ὁδὸν εὐζώνῳ ἀνδρὶ ἐς γῆν ἀναβαίνει καὶ πλόϊμον αὑτὴν παρεχομένη ἐν μέσῃ ἠπείρῳ, αὖθις ἀναλύουσα τὸν πορθμὸν ἀναστρέφει ἀμφὶ δείλην ὀψίαν, καὶ ἐφ’ αὑτὴν ξυνάγει τὸ ῥεῦμα.

Dewing In that place a very wonderful thing takes place every day. For early in the morning the sea forms a kind of river and comes up over the land for the distance of a day's journey for an unencumbered traveller and becomes navigable in the midst of the mainland, and then in the late afternoon it turns back again, causing the inlet to disappear, and gathers the stream to itself.⁠

Greek ὅσοι οὖν ἐς τὴν πόλιν ἐσκομίζειν τὰ ἐπιτήδεια ἢ ἐνθένδε ἐκφέρειν κατ’ ἐμπορίαν ἢ κατ’ ἄλλην ἔχουσιν αἰτίαν, τὰ φορτία ἐν τοῖς πλοίοις ἐνθέμενοι, κατασπάσαντές τε αὐτὰ ἐν τῷ χωρίῳ οὗ δὴ ὁ πορθμὸς γίνεσθαι εἴωθε, προσδέχονται τὴν ἐπιρροήν.

Dewing All those, therefore, who have to convey provisions into the city or carry them out from there for trade or for any other reason, place their cargoes in boats, and drawing them down to the place where the inlet is regularly formed, they await the inflow of the water.

Greek καὶ ἐπειδὰν αὕτη ἀφίκηται, τά τε πλοῖα κατὰ βραχὺ ἐκ γῆς ἐπαιρόμενα πλεῖ καὶ οἱ ἀμφὶ ναῦται ἔργου ἐχόμενοι ναυτίλλονται ἤδη.

Dewing And when this comes, the boats are lifted little by little from the ground and float, and the sailors on them set to work and from that time on are seafaring men.

Greek καὶ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐνταῦθα μόνον, ἀλλ’ εἰς ἅπασαν τὴν ἐκείνῃ ἀκτὴν ἐς ἀεὶ γίγνεται, ἄχρι ἐς Ἀκυληίαν πόλιν.

Dewing And this is not the only place where this happens, but it is the regular occurrence along the whole coast in this region as far as the city of Aquileia.

Greek οὐ μέντοι κατὰ ταὐτὰ ἐς τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον γίνεσθαι εἴωθεν, ἀλλ’ ἡνίκα μὲν βραχὺ φαίνεται τῆς σελήνης τὸ φῶς, οὐδὲ ἡ τῆς θαλάσσης πρόοδος ἰσχυρὰ γίγνεται, μετὰ δὲ τὴν πρώτην διχότομον ἄχρι ἐς τὴν ἑτέραν καρτερὰ μᾶλλον ἡ ἐπιρροὴ γίνεσθαι πέφυκε. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὧδέ πη ἔχει.

Dewing However, it does not always take place in the same way at every time, but when the light of the moon is faint, the advance of the sea is not strong either, but from the first⁠ half-moon until the second the inflow has a tendency to be greater. So much for this matter.

Greek Ἐπεὶ δὲ τρίτον ἔτος Γότθοις τε καὶ Θευδερίχῳ Ῥάβενναν πολιορκοῦσιν ἐτέτριπτο ἤδη, οἵ τε Γότθοι ἀχθόμενοι τῇ προσεδρείᾳ καὶ οἱ ἀμφὶ Ὀδόακρον πιεζόμενοι τῶν ἀναγκαίων τῇ ἀπορίᾳ, ὑπὸ διαλλακτῇ τῷ Ῥαβέννης ἱερεῖ ἐς λόγους ἀλλήλοις ξυνίασιν, ἐφ’ ᾧ Θευδέριχός τε καὶ Ὀδόακρος ἐν Ῥαβέννῃ ἐπὶ τῇ ἴσῃ καὶ ὁμοίᾳ δίαιταν ἕξουσι.

Dewing But when the third year had already been spent by the Goths and Theoderic in their siege of Ravenna, the Goths, who were weary of the siege, and the followers of Odoacer, who were hard pressed by the lack of provisions, came to an agreement with each other through the mediation of the priest of Ravenna, the understanding being that both Theoderic and Odoacer should reside in Ravenna on terms of complete equality.

Greek καὶ χρόνον μέν τινα διεσώσαντο τὰ ξυγκείμενα, μετὰ δὲ Θευδέριχος Ὀδόακρον λαβών, ὥς φασιν, ἐπιβουλῇ ἐς αὐτὸν χρώμενον, νῷ τε δολερῷ καλέσας ἐπὶ θοίνην, ἔκτεινε, καὶ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ βαρβάρων τῶν πολεμίων προσποιησάμενος ὅσους περιεῖναι ξυνέπεσεν αὐτὸς ἔσχε τὸ Γότθων τε καὶ Ἰταλιωτῶν κράτος.

Dewing And for some time they observed the agreement; but afterward Theoderic caught Odoacer, as they say, plotting against him, and bidding him to a feast with treacherous intent slew him,⁠ and in this way, after gaining the adherence of such of the hostile barbarians as chanced to survive, he himself secured the supremacy over both Goths and Italians.

Greek καὶ βασιλέως μὲν τοῦ Ῥωμαίων οὔτε τοῦ σχήματος οὔτε τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐπιβατεῦσαι ἠξίωσεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ῥὴξ διεβίου καλούμενος ʽοὕτω γὰρ σφῶν τοὺς ἡγεμόνας καλεῖν οἱ βάρβαροι νενομίκασἰ, τῶν μέντοι κατηκόων τῶν αὑτοῦ προὔστη ξύμπαντα περιβαλλόμενος ὅσα τῷ φύσει βασιλεῖ ἥρμοσται.

Dewing And though he did not claim the right to assume either the garb or the name of emperor of the Romans, but was called "rex" to the end of his life (for thus the barbarians are accustomed to call their leaders),⁠ still, in governing his own subjects, he invested himself with all the qualities which appropriately belong to one who is by birth an emperor.

Greek δικαιοσύνης τε γὰρ ὑπερφυῶς ἐπεμελήσατο καὶ τοὺς νόμους ἐν τῷ βεβαίῳ διεσώσατο, ἔκ τε βαρβάρων τῶν περιοίκων τὴν χώραν ἀσφαλῶς διεφύλαξε, ξυνέσεώς τε καὶ ἀνδρίας ἐς ἄκρον ἐληλύθει ὡς μάλιστα.

Dewing For he was exceedingly careful to observe justice, he preserved the laws on a sure basis, he protected the land and kept it safe from the barbarians dwelling round about, and attained the highest possible degree of wisdom and manliness.

Greek καὶ ἀδίκημα σχεδόν τι οὐδὲν οὔτε αὐτὸς ἐς τοὺς ἀρχομένους εἰργάζετο οὔτε τῳ ἄλλῳ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐγκεχειρηκότι ἐπέτρεπε, πλήν γε δὴ ὅτι τῶν χωρίων τὴν μοῖραν ἐν σφίσιν αὐτοῖς Γότθοι ἐνείμαντο ἥνπερ Ὀδόακρος τοῖς στασιώταις τοῖς αὑτοῦ ἔδωκεν.

Dewing And he himself committed scarcely a single act of injustice against his subjects, nor would he brook such conduct on the part of anyone else who attempted it, except, indeed, that the Goths distributed among themselves the portion of the lands which Odoacer had given to his own partisans.

Greek ἦν τε ὁ Θευδέριχος λόγῳ μὲν τύραννος, ἔργῳ δὲ βασιλεὺς ἀληθὴς τῶν ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ τιμῇ τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ηὐδοκιμηκότων οὐδενὸς ἧσσον, ἔρως τε αὐτοῦ ἔν τε Γότθοις καὶ Ἰταλιώταις πολὺς ἤκμασε, καὶ ταῦτα ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου τρόπου.

Dewing And although in name Theoderic was a usurper, yet in fact he was as truly an emperor as any who have distinguished themselves in this office from the beginning; and love for him among both Goths and Italians grew to be great, and that too contrary to the ordinary habits of men.

Greek ἑτέρων γὰρ ἕτερα ἐν ταῖς πολιτείαις ἀεὶ αἱρουμένων τὴν ἐφεστῶσαν ἀρχὴν ξυμβαίνει ἀρέσκειν μὲν ἐν τῷ παραυτίκα οἷς ἂν ἐν ἡδονῇ τὰ πρασσόμενα ᾖ, λυπεῖν δὲ ὦν τῆς γνώμης ἀπ’ ἐναντίας χωρήσειεν.

Dewing For in all states men's preferences are divergent, with the result that the government in power pleases for the moment only those with whom its acts find favour, but offends those whose judgment it violates.

Greek ἔτη δὲ ἐπιβιοὺς ἑπτὰ καὶ τριάκοντα ἐτελεύτησε, φοβερὸς μὲν τοῖς πολεμίοις γεγονὼς ἅπασι, πόθον δὲ αὑτοῦ πολύν τινα ἐς τοὺς ὑπηκόους ἀπολιπών. ἐτελεύτησε δὲ τρόπῳ τοιῷδε.

Dewing But Theoderic reigned for thirty-seven years, and when he died, he had not only made himself an object of terror to all his enemies, but he also left to his subjects a keen sense of bereavement at his loss. And he died in the following manner.

Greek Σύμμαχος καὶ Βοέτιος, ὁ τούτου γαμβρός, εὐπατρίδαι μὲν τὸ ἀνέκαθεν ἤστην, πρώτω δὲ βουλῆς τῆς Ῥωμαίων καὶ ὑπάτω ἐγενέσθην ἄμφω.

Dewing Symmachus and his son-in‑law Boetius were men of noble and ancient lineage, and both had been leading men⁠ in the Roman senate and had been consuls.

Greek φιλοσοφίαν δὲ ἀσκήσαντε καὶ δικαιοσύνης ἐπιμελησαμένω οὐδενὸς ἧσσον, πολλοῖς τε ἀστῶν καὶ ξένων χρήμασι τὴν ἀπορίαν ἰασαμένω καὶ δόξης ἐπὶ μέγα χωρήσαντε ἄνδρας ἐς φθόνον τοὺς πονηροτάτους ἐπηγαγέτην.

Dewing But because they practised philosophy and were mindful of justice in a manner surpassed by no other men, relieving the destitution of both citizens and strangers by generous gifts of money, they attained great fame and thus led men of the basest sort to envy them.

Greek οἷς δὴ συκοφαντοῦσι Θευδέριχος ἀναπεισθεὶς ἅτε νεωτέροις πράγμασιν ἐγχειροῦντε τὼ ἄνδρε τούτω ἔκτεινε καὶ τὰ χρήματα ἐς τὸ δημόσιον ἀνάγραπτα ἐποιήσατο.

Dewing Now such persons slandered them to Theoderic, and he, believing their slanders, put these two men to death, on the ground that they were setting about a revolution, and made their property confiscate to the public treasury.

Greek δειπνοῦντι δέ οἱ ἡμέραις ὀλίγαις ὕστερον ἰχθύος μεγάλου κεφαλὴν οἱ θεράποντες παρετίθεσαν. αὕτη Θευδερίχῳ ἔδοξεν ἡ κεφαλὴ Συμμάχου νεοσφαγοῦς εἶναι.

Dewing And a few days later, while he was dining, the servants set before him the head of a great fish. This seemed to Theoderic to be the head of Symmachus newly slain.

Greek καὶ τοῖς μὲν ὀδοῦσιν ἐς χεῖλος τὸ κάτω ἐμπεπηγόσι, τοῖς δὲ ὀφθαλμοῖς βλοσυρόν τι ἐς αὐτὸν καὶ μανικὸν ὁρῶσιν, ἀπειλοῦντί οἱ ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἐῴκει.

Dewing Indeed, with its teeth set in its lower lip and its eyes looking at him with a grim and insane stare, it did resemble exceedingly a person threatening him.

Greek περιδεὴς δὲ τῷ ὑπερβάλλοντι τοῦ τέρατος γεγονὼς καὶ ῥιγώσας ἐκτόπως ἐς κοίτην τὴν αὑτοῦ ἀπεχώρησε δρόμῳ, τριβώνιά τε πολλά οἱ ἐπιθεῖναι κελεύσας ἡσύχαζε.

Dewing And becoming greatly frightened at the extraordinary prodigy and shivering excessively, he retired running to his own chamber, and bidding them place many covers upon him, remained quiet.

Greek μετὰ δὲ ἅπαντα εἰς Ἐλπίδιον τὸν ἰατρὸν τὰ ξυμπεσόντα ἐξενεγκὼν τὴν ἐς Σύμμαχόν τε καὶ Βοέτιον ἁμαρτάδα ἔκλαιεν.

Dewing But afterwards he disclosed to his physician Elpidius all that had happened and wept for the wrong he had done Symmachus and Boetius.

Greek ἀποκλαύσας δὲ καὶ περιαλγήσας τῇ ξυμφορᾷ οὐ πολλῷ ὕστερον ἐτελεύτησεν, ἀδίκημα τοῦτο πρῶτόν τε καὶ τελευταῖον ἐς τοὺς ὑπηκόους τοὺς αὑτοῦ δράσας, ὅτι δὴ οὐ διερευνησάμενος, ὥσπερ εἰώθει, τὴν περὶ τοῖν ἀνδροῖν γνῶσιν ἤνεγκε.

Dewing Then, having lamented and grieved exceedingly over the unfortunate occurrence, he died not long afterward. This was the first and last act of injustice which he committed toward his subjects, and the cause of it was that he had not made a thorough investigation, as he was accustomed to do, before passing judgment on the two men.