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Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died

Lactantius

Chapter 13

About this work

Author: Lactantius

Chap. XIII.

Next day an edict was published, depriving the

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Christians

of

all

honours

and

dignities

;

ordaining

also

that

,

without

any

distinction

of

rank

or

degree

,

they

should

be

subjected

to

tortures

,

and

that

every

suit

at

law

should

be

received

against

them

;

while

,

on

the

other

hand

,

they

were

debarred

from

being

plaintiffs

in

questions

of

wrong

,

adultery

,

or

theft

;

and

,

finally

,

that

they

should

neither

be

capable

of

freedom

,

nor

have

right

of

suffrage

.

A

certain

person

tore

down

this

edict

,

and

cut

it

in

pieces

,

improperly

indeed

,

but

with

high

spirit

,

saying

in

scorn

,

“

These

are

the

triumphs

of

Goths

and

Sarmatians

.

”

Having

been

instantly

seized

and

brought

to

judgment

,

he

was

not

only

tortured

,

but

burnt

alive

,

in

the

forms

of

law

;

and

having

displayed

admirable

patience

under

sufferings

,

he

was

consumed

to

ashes

.