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[3] ὅταν δ᾽ ἐκεῖναι φύσιν τε τὴν ἑαυτῶν καὶ ὁδοὺς τὰς ἀρχαίας ἐκλιποῦσαι καθ᾽ ἑτέρας ἐκτραπῶσιν, ὡς μηκέτι μίσγεσθαι τῇ θαλάττῃ, τότε καὶ τὴν πόλιν αὐτῶν ἀνάστατον ἔσεσθαι: τοῦτο δ᾽ οὐκ εἰς μακρὰν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων γενήσεσθαι, ἐὰν ὀρύγμασι καθ᾽ ἕτερα χωρία γενομένοις ἐκτρέψωσι τὴν πλήμμυραν τῶν ὑδάτων εἰς τὰ πρόσω τῆς θαλάττης πεδία. ταῦτα μαθόντες οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι εὐθὺς ἐπέστησαν τοῖς ἔργοις τοὺς χειροτέχνας. Ambr.
Dionysii Halicarnasei Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Keyboarding.
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