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The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

CHAPTER XVI: Conduct Towards The Christians, From Nero To
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685.] [Footnote 79: See Cyprian.Epist.16, and his life by Pontius.] [Footnote 80: We have an original life of Cyprian by the deacon Pontius, the companion of his exile, and the spectator of his death; and we likewise possess the ancient proconsular acts of his martyrdom.

These two relations are consistent with each other, and with probability; and what is somewhat remarkable, they are both unsullied by any miraculous circumstances.].


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