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Τοιοῦτον δ᾽ ὄντα τὸν Ἀλβῖνον ἀπέδειξεν ὁ μετ᾽ αὐτὸν
ἐλθὼν Γέσσιος Φλῶρος ἀγαθώτατον κατὰ σύγκρισιν. ὁ μέν γε
λάθρα τὰ πολλὰ καὶ μεθ᾽ ὑποστολῆς ἐκακούργησεν, Γέσσιος δὲ
τὰς εἰς τὸ ἔθνος παρανομίας ἐπόμπευσεν καὶ ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τιμωρίᾳ
κατακρίτων πεμφθεὶς δήμιος οὔτε ἁρπαγῆς τινα τρόπον οὔτε αἰκίας
παρέλιπεν.
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ἦν δὲ ἐν μὲν τοῖς ἐλεεινοῖς ὠμότατος, ἐν δὲ τοῖς αἰσχροῖς
ἀναιδέστατος. οὔτε δὲ πλείω τις ἀπιστίαν τῆς ἀληθείας
κατέχεεν οὔτε ἐν τῷ πανουργεῖν δολιωτέρας ὁδοὺς ἐπενόησεν. ᾧ
τὸ μὲν κατ᾽ ἄνδρα κερδαίνειν μικρὸν ἐδόκει, πόλεις δ᾽ ὅλας ἐξεδίδυσκε
καὶ δήμους ἀθρόους ἐλυμαίνετο καὶ μόνον οὐκ ἐκήρυξεν
ἀνὰ τὴν χώραν πᾶσιν ἐξεῖναι λῃστεύειν ἐφ᾽ ᾧ μέρος αὐτὸς λήψεται
τῶν λαφύρων.
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διὰ γοῦν τὴν ἐκείνου πλεονεξίαν πάσας ἐρημωθῆναι
συνέβη τὰς πόλεις καὶ πολλοὺς τῶν πατρίων ἠθῶν ἐξαναστάντας
φυγεῖν εἰς τὰς ἀλλοφύλους ἐπαρχίας.
Flavius Josephus. Flavii Iosephi opera. B. Niese. Berlin. Weidmann. 1895.
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