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But Julian, after he had come to the East to crush the Persians in war, and the madness which he had previously concealed toward the cult of idols began to be borne openly, a persecutor craftier than the rest, by no means undid the greater part of the people by rewards, honors, blandishments, and persuasions, more than if he had assailed them savagely. Forbidding Christians to approach the studies of the Gentile authors, he decreed that the schools of letters should lie open to those alone who venerated the gods and goddesses. He ordered that the belt of military service be given to none but those who sacrificed. He determined that the administration of provinces and of jurisdiction ought not to be entrusted to Christians, inasmuch as their own law had forbidden them to use the sword.
And he made progress daily in devising laws of this kind, by which, even if there was something cunning or crafty in them, yet he might decree what would seem less cruel.