"Romae ergo post urbem conditam anno CCLXL suspenso ad modicum bello grauis pestilentia, quae semper ibi raras indutias aut factas intercepit aut ut fierent coegit, per uniuersam ciuitatem uiolenter incanduit, ut merito praecedente prodigio caelum ardere uisum sit, quando caput gentium tanto morborum igne flagrauit."
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Orosius
Paulus Orosius (c. 375/385 – 420 AD) less often Paul Orosius in English, was a Roman priest, historian and theologian, and a student of Augustine of Hippo.
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