For thirty-two years without intermission they inflicted horrible cruelties upon one another.

They were frequently put to death by the Praefect of the city, although punishment for offences fell most heavily upon the Green faction.

The punishment of the Samaritans also, and other so-called heretics, deluged the Roman Empire with blood.

Let it suffice, on the present occasion, to recall briefly what I have already narrated in greater detail.

These calamities, which afflicted the whole world, took place during the reign of this demon in the form of a man, for which he himself, when Emperor, was responsible.