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Philo of Alexandria was a Jewish philosopher who lived in Roman-ruled Egypt. When the Jews of Alexandria were ordered to defy their beliefs and worship Gaius Julius Caesar, also known as Caligula, they sent Philo to plead their case to the emperor. Philo’s writings provide an account of the atrocities the Jews faced for their refusal to glorify a man as a god. They were dragged to death, burned...

ἐνασκηθέντας οἷς ἔμελλον οἱ δῆμοι κυβερνᾶσθαι σωτηρίως τηνικαῦτα εἰσοικίζεσθαι, χρησομένους εὐθὺς ταῖς τῶν δικαίων παρασκευαῖς ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ καὶ κοινωνίᾳ καὶ διανομῇ τῶν ἐπιβαλλόντων ἑκάστοις. IV. (15) Φασὶ δέ τινες καὶ τετάρτην αἰτίαν οὐκ ἀπῳδὸν ἀλλ ̓ ἐγγυτάτω τῆς ἀληθείας· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἔδει πίστιν ἐγγενέσθαι ταῖς διανοίαις περὶ τοῦ μὴ εὑρήματα ἀνθρώπου τοὺς νόμους ἀλλὰ θεοῦ χρησμοὺς σαφεστάτους εἶναι, πορρωτάτω τῶν πόλεων ἀπήγαγε τὸ ἔθνος εἰς ἐρήμην βαθεῖαν καὶ ἄγονον οὐ μόνον ἡμέρων καρπῶν ἀλλὰ καὶ
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