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Читая Гиббона (глава XVI)
Sep. 14th, 2005 09:24 amFrom the reign of Nero to that of Antoninus Pius, the Jews discovered a fierce impatience of the dominion of Rome, which repeatedly broke out in the most furious massacres and insurrections. Humanity is shocked at the recital of the horrid cruelties which they committed in the cities of Egypt, of Cyprus, and of Cyrene, where they dwelt in treacherous friendship with the unsuspecting natives;(1) and we are tempted to applaud the severe retaliation which was exercised by the arms of the legions against a race of fanatics whose dire and credulous superstition seemed to render them the implacable enemies not only of the Roman government, but of human kind.(2)
1. In Cyrene they massacred 220,000 Greeks in Cyprus, 240,000; in Egypt a very great multitude. Many of these unhappy victims were sawn asunder, according to a precedent to which David had given the sanction of his example. The victorious Jews devoured the flesh, licked up the blood and twisted the entrails like a girdle round their bodies. See Dion Cassius, l. lxviii. [c. 32] p. 1145.
2. Without repeating the well-known narratives of Josephus, we may learn from Dion (1. lxix. c.. 14] p. 1162), that in Hadrian's war 580,000 Jews were cut off by the sword, besides an infinite number which perished by famine, by disease, and by fire
Об чем, вообще речь? Я про (1) естественно. Ну, про оборачивания вокрук себя кишок я пожалуй и сам отмету, но что за 220 тыс. убитых греков? Зачем, почему?
Ладно, сам нагуглил, было такое в 115-ом году:
Their revolt started in Cyrene, where one Lukuas — sometimes called Andreas — ordered the Jews to destroy the pagan temples of Apollo, Artemis, Hecate, Demeter, Isis and Pluto, and to assail the worshippers.
1. In Cyrene they massacred 220,000 Greeks in Cyprus, 240,000; in Egypt a very great multitude. Many of these unhappy victims were sawn asunder, according to a precedent to which David had given the sanction of his example. The victorious Jews devoured the flesh, licked up the blood and twisted the entrails like a girdle round their bodies. See Dion Cassius, l. lxviii. [c. 32] p. 1145.
2. Without repeating the well-known narratives of Josephus, we may learn from Dion (1. lxix. c.. 14] p. 1162), that in Hadrian's war 580,000 Jews were cut off by the sword, besides an infinite number which perished by famine, by disease, and by fire
Об чем, вообще речь? Я про (1) естественно. Ну, про оборачивания вокрук себя кишок я пожалуй и сам отмету, но что за 220 тыс. убитых греков? Зачем, почему?
Ладно, сам нагуглил, было такое в 115-ом году:
Their revolt started in Cyrene, where one Lukuas — sometimes called Andreas — ordered the Jews to destroy the pagan temples of Apollo, Artemis, Hecate, Demeter, Isis and Pluto, and to assail the worshippers.
