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Quotation from The Roman History by Ammianus Marcellinus
“But his forbidding masters of rhetoric and grammar to instruct Christians was a cruel action, and one deserving to be buried in everlasting silence.”
The Roman History, Book XXII, ch. 10.7, trans. C. D. Yonge (1862)
In the midst of praising Julian's justice, Ammianus condemns his school law of 362.
Citation: "But his forbidding masters of rhetoric and grammar to instruct Christians was a cruel action, and one deserving to be buried in everlasting silence." — Ammianus Marcellinus, The Roman History, Book XXII, ch. 10.7, trans. C. D. Yonge (1862). (id ammianus-marcellinus-roman-history-q4)
Portrait: Ammianus Marcellinus 1533, Title page of the 1533 Augsburg edition, Public domain.
