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Paulus Orosius
ca. 375/385–ca. 420
Paulus Orosius was a Roman historian, priest, and theologian, probably from the Iberian peninsula, who traveled extensively throughout the Roman Empire, including to Palestine and Alexandria. His Seven Books of History against the Pagans was an immensely popular historical resource in the medieval period.
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Punishment for the Empire’s Persecution of Christians
Then, all at once, the Jews in different parts of the world, as if enraged with madness, burst forth in an incredible revolution. For throughout all Libya, they carried on most violent wars against…