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Quotation from The Roman History by Ammianus Marcellinus

“no wild beasts are so hostile to men as Christian sects in general are to one another.”

Ammianus Marcellinus (spoken by Ammianus Marcellinus, reporting Julian's view)

The Roman History, Book XXII, ch. 5.4, trans. C. D. Yonge (1862)

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Julian summons bishops of rival parties to the palace and grants them freedom, expecting their quarrels to keep them divided.

Citation: "no wild beasts are so hostile to men as Christian sects in general are to one another." — Ammianus Marcellinus, The Roman History, Book XXII, ch. 5.4, trans. C. D. Yonge (1862). (id ammianus-marcellinus-roman-history-q3)

Portrait: Ammianus Marcellinus 1533, Title page of the 1533 Augsburg edition, Public domain.

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