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Evagrius Scholasticus, tr. Walford, 1846

Book 6, 16. Murder of Hormisdas

WHILE such was the course of these events, the Persians despatched Hormisdas, the most unjust of all monarchs, in as far as he inflicted upon his subjects not only pecuniary exactions, but also various modes of death.