[31] According to the savage maxims of the Greek republics, his innocent family would have shared the punishment of his crimes.

The wife and daughter of Rufinus were indebted for their safety to the influence of religion.

Her sanctuary protected them from the raging madness of the people; and they were permitted to spend the remainder of their lives in the exercise of Christian devotions, in the peaceful retirement of Jerusalem.

[32] [Footnote 28: I.Cons.Stilich.

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