are them in the least: and since the
people were unarmed, and were caught by men prepared for what they were
about, there were a great number of them slain by this means, and others
of them ran away wounded. And thus an end was put to this sedition.

3. Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to
call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such
men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of
the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate,
at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to
the cross, [9] those that loved him at the first did not forsake him;
for he appeared to them alive again the third day; [10] as the divine
prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things
concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not
extinct at this day.

4. About the same time also another sad calamity put the Jews into
disorder, and certain shameful practices happened about the temple
of Isis that was at Rome. I will now first take notice of the wicked
attempt about the temple of Isis, and will then give an account of the
Jewish affairs. There was at Rome a woman whose name was Paulina; one
who, on account of the dignity of her ancestors, and by the regular
conduct of a virtuous life, had a great reputation: she was also very
rich; and although she was of a beautiful countenance, and in that
flower of her age wherein women are the most gay, yet did she lead a
life of great modesty. She was married to Saturninus, one that was every
way answerable to her in an excellent character. Decius Mundus fell in
love with this woman, who was a man very high in the equestrian order;
and as she was of too great dignity to be caught by presents, and had
already rejected them, though they had been sent in great abundance, he
was still more inflamed with love to her, insomuch that he promised to
give her two hundred thousand Attic drachmae for one night's lodging;
and when this would not prevail upon her, and he was not able to bear
this misfortune in his amours, he thought it the best way to famish
himself to death for want of food, on account of Paulina's sad refusal;
and he determined with himself to die after such a manner, and he went
on with his purpose accordingly. Now Mundus had a freed-woman, who had
been made free by his father, whose name was Ide, one skillful in all
sorts of m