Graves. They might suppose that they would find treasures in them, as the tombs of Semiramis, Cyrus, &c., were thus enriched. This inhumanity seems to have taken place before the last siege, Baruch ii. 24. (Calmet) Quæque carent ventis et solibus ossa Quirini

Nefas videre dissipabit insoleas. ----- (Horace, epod. 16.)

--- Cruelty and avarice cause persecutors to act thus. (Worthington)

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