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After this man had carried on all kinds of war against us and had
caused our people to be diligently hunted up in their retreats, as if
they were unholy thieves, and had devised every sort of slander and
accusation against us, and become the cause of death to vast numbers,
he finally erected a statue of Jupiter Philius with certain juggleries
and magic rites. And after inventing unholy forms of initiation and
ill-omened mysteries in connection with it, and abominable means of
purification, he exhibited his jugglery, by oracles which he pretended
to utter, even to the emperor; and through a flattery which was
pleasing to the ruler he aroused the demon against the Christians and
said that the god had given command to expel the Christians as his
enemies beyond the confines of the city and the neighboring districts.
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