The Syriac Chronicle Known As That of Zachariah of Mitylene
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CHAP. III.] ZACHARIAH OF MITYLENE 153 nobles cherished hatred against the Romans, saying that they had caused the incursion of the Huns, and the pillage and the devastation of their country. And Kawad gathered an army, and went out against Theodosiopolis in Armenia of the Romans, and subdued the city ; and he treated its inhabitants mercifully, because he had not been insulted by them ; but he took Constantine,... the ruler of their city, prisoner.
And in the month of October ^ he reached Amida of Mesopotamia. (But though he assailed it) with fierce assaults of sharp arrows and with battering-rams,^ which thrust the wall to overthrow it, and pent-houses,^ which protected those who brought together the materials for the besiegers' mound * and raised it up and made it equal in height with the wall, for three months, day after day, yet he could not take the city by storm ; while his own people were suffering much hard- ship through work and fighting, and he was constantly hearing in his ears the insults of disorderly men on the wall, and their ridicule and mockery, and he was reduced to great straits.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Rom. has ^OCimjJ.
» There is a O before ^ADOfiS in the MS., which L. does not print.
CHAP. III.] ZACHARIAH OF MITYLENE 153 nobles cherished hatred against the Romans, saying that they had caused the incursion of the Huns, and the pillage and the devastation of their country. And Kawad gathered an army, and went out against Theodosiopolis in Armenia of the Romans, and subdued the city ; and he treated its inhabitants mercifully, because he had not been insulted by them ; but he took Constantine,... the ruler of their city, prisoner.
And in the month of October ^ he reached Amida of Mesopotamia. (But though he assailed it) with fierce assaults of sharp arrows and with battering-rams,^ which thrust the wall to overthrow it, and pent-houses,^ which protected those who brought together the materials for the besiegers' mound * and raised it up and made it equal in height with the wall, for three months, day after day, yet he could not take the city by storm ; while his own people were suffering much hard- ship through work and fighting, and he was constantly hearing in his ears the insults of disorderly men on the wall, and their ridicule and mockery, and he was reduced to great straits.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Brooks, E. W. (Ernest Walter), 1863-1955 to read onlineMoreLess
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