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which traditionally served as a major army encampment and parade ground. The epitaph on this tomb celebrated Basil's campaigns and victories. The text survives in a number of variants, and its authorship and date are unclear. It is attributed by a 14th-century manuscript to
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176:from when the King of Heavens called me
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120:ὁτὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς τοὺς ὅρους τοὺς τῆς ἕω,
106:οὓς ἐν μάχαις ἔστεργον, οὓς ἐκαρτέρουν·
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128:καὶ νῦν ὁρῶν, ἄνθρωπε, τόνδε τὸν τάφον
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192:when I marched bravely to the West (
126:σὺν οἷς Ἀβασγός, Ἰσμαήλ, Ἄραψ, Ἴβηρ·
118:ὁτὲ στρατεύων ἀνδρικῶς πρὸς ἑσπέραν,
114:ἀλλ’ ἀγρυπνῶν ἅπαντα τὸν ζωῆς χρόνον
98:αὑτοῖς προαφώρισαν εἰς ταφὴν τόπους,
130:εὐχαῖς ἀμείβου τὰς ἐμὰς στρατηγίας.
108:οὐ γάρ τις εἶδεν ἠρεμοῦν ἐμὸν δόρυ,
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110:ἀφ’ οὗ βασιλεὺς οὐρανῶν κέκληκέ με
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104:καὶ σαββατίζω τῶν ἀμετρήτων πόνων
102:ἵστημι τύμβον ἐν τόπῳ γῆς Ἑβδόμου
100:ἐγὼ δὲ Βασίλειος, πορφύρας γόνος,
96:ἄλλοι μὲν ἄλλῃ τῶν πάλαι βασιλέων
183:of the earth and senior emperor.
174:For nobody saw my spear at rest,
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112:αὐτοκράτορα γῆς, μέγαν βασιλέα·
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