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The sixteenth chapter I cannot help considering as a very ingenious and specious, but very disgraceful extenuation of the cruelties perpetrated by the Roman magistrates against the Christians. It is written in the most contemptibly factious spirit of prejudice against the sufferers; it is unworthy of a philosopher and of humanity. Let the narrative of Cyprian's death be examined. He had to relate the murder of an innocent man of advanced age, and in a station deemed venerable by a considerable body of the provincials of Africa, put to death because he refused to sacrifice to Jupiter. Instead of pointing the indignation of posterity against. | Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire vol 2 1 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire vol 2 The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume II by Edward Gibbon Copyright laws are changing all over the world. Be sure to check the copyright laws for your country before downloading or redistributing this or any other Project Gutenberg eBook. This header should be the first thing seen when viewing this Project Gutenberg file. Please do not remove it. Do not change or edit the header without written permission. Please read the legal small print and other information about the eBook and Project Gutenberg at the bottom of this file. Included is important information about your specific rights and restrictions in how the file may be used. You can also find out about how to make a donation to Project Gutenberg and how to get involved. Welcome To The World of Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts eBooks Readable By Both Humans and By Computers Since 1971 These eBooks Were Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers Title The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. II Author Edward Gibbon Release Date November 1996 EBook 732 This file was last updated on March 28 2002 Edition 11 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE Etext by David Reed Haradda@ and davidr@. If you find any errors please feel free to notify me of them. I want to make this the best etext edition possible for both scholars and the general public. Haradda@ and davidr@ are my email addresses for now. Please feel free to send me your comments and I hope you enjoy this. David Reed History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Edward Gibbon Esq. With notes by the Rev. H. H. Milman Vol. 2 Chapter XVI 2 Chapter XVI Conduct Towards The Christians From Nero To Constantine. Part I. Note The sixteenth chapter I cannot help considering as a very ingenious and

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