Note 057 See the peroration of Prudentius (in Symmach. 1. ii. 1121-1131), who had doubtless read the eloquent invective of Lactantius (Divin. Institut. t. vi. c. 20). The Christian apologists have not spared these bloody games, which were introduced in the religious festivals of Paganism.

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The History Of The Decline and Fall Of The Roman Empire— Chapter 30