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Historiarum adversum paganos libri VII (417 - 418) Orosius |
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1 Isdem fere diebus bellum ciuile, immo etiam plus quam ciuile, uix parricidio terminatum, apud Persas gerebatur. Mortuo enim rege Dario cum Artaxerxes et Cyrus filii eius de regno ambigerent, tandem apparatibus magnis, prouinciarum ac populorum ruinis utrimque certatum: 2 in quo conflictu cum e diuerso concurrentes sibi ambo fratres mutuo casus obiectauisset, prior Artaxerxes uulneratus a fratre equi uelocitate morti exemptus euasit. Cyrus autem mox a cohorte regia oppressus finem certamini dedit. Artaxerxes ergo et praeda fraternae expeditionis et exercitu potitus potestatem regni parricidio firmauit. |
| Translation |
1. At almost the same time, a civil war, or rather a war more than civil,
which took parricide to bring it to a close, broke out among the Persians.
On the death of King Darius, his sons, Artaxerxes and Cyrus, fought for
the kingdom. The war was waged after great preparations had been made
on both sides and brought ruin to both provinces and their peoples. 2. In
this conflict, chance brought the two brothers, rushing together from their
different sides, face to face. First, Artaxerxes was wounded by his brother,
but escaped death because of the speed of his horse; however, soon afterwards,
Cyrus was overcome by the royal cohort and this put an end to the
fray. Artaxerxes seized the booty of his brother’s forces and his army, and
then assured himself of control over the kingdom by killing his brother. |
| Quotation source |
Lib. 2, Cap. 18, 1-2 (pp. 123-4, trans. Fear, p. 105) |
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