Every Kind of Torture

“Then indeed one could see with what arrogance those revered worshipers of God were exposed every day, with unbroken and relentless cruelty, to outrages of the most grievous kind; and how that modesty of character which no enemy had ever treated with disrespect became the mere plaything of their raging fellow citizens. Was there any punishment by fire, any torture or form of torment, that was not used on everyone, without regard to age or sex? Then, it may truly be said, the earth shed tears, the whole circling vault of heaven mourned at the pollution of blood, and the very light of day was darkened in grief at the sight. [a]