Note 084 Hanc Taifalorum gentem turpem, et obscenae vitae flagitiis ita accipimus mersam, ut apud eos nefandi concubitus foedere copulentur maribus puberes, setatis viriditatem in eorum pollutis usibus consumpturi. Porro, si qui jam adultus aprum exceperit solus, vel interemerit ursum immanem, colluvione liberatur incesti. Ammian. xxxi. 9. Among the Greeks likewise, more especially among the Cretans, the holy bands of friendship were confirmed and sullied by unnatural love.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 26