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Quotation from History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War) by Procopius of Caesarea
“those of the population who had formerly been members of the factions laid aside their mutual enmity and in common they attended to the burial rites of the dead”
History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 23, trans. H. B. Dewing
The Blues and Greens, rioters a decade earlier, bury strangers together during the plague.
Citation: "those of the population who had formerly been members of the factions laid aside their mutual enmity and in common they attended to the burial rites of the dead" — Procopius of Caesarea, History of the Wars, Books I-II (The Persian War), Book II, ch. 23, trans. H. B. Dewing. (id procopius-history-of-the-wars-persian-war-q7)
Virtues: Charity
