...pity towards their enemies in the first century, expected as little, when they burned and destroyed their wives and children, that they might not fall into the hands of the Romans. 2 But although the benevolent character of the gospel was not very conspicuous in its effects, for...

...upon which, finding that they could not escape, they drew up on a mound, slaughtered all their women and children that they might not fall into the hands of the enemy, and sword in hand rushed upon the Persians, and were slain to a man. The people here described...

...before him as friends to the cause of . . B Comp. Livy, Epit. 56. .- , DESTRUCTION OF NUMANTIA. 269 the Numantines. After the Numantines had consumed...afterwards probably beheaded, and the rest were sold as slaves9; but they are said to have been so infuriated that some made away with themselves, and others...

...little children they cast beneath the wheels of the waggons, and under the feet of the beasts of burden, that they might not fall into the hands of the Romans; and they then killed themselves. Many of the men also slew themselves, for they feared slavery more than...

...before him as friends to the cause of » Comp. Li\7, Epit. 56. the Numantines. After the Kumantines had consumed all their provisions, after they had...probably beheaded, and the rest were sold as slaves ''1; but they are said to have been so infuriated that some made away with themselves, and others killed...

...Moreover, additional carnage was created by the women, who met the fugitives and killed them in order that they might not fall into the hands of the Romans, and then put an end to their own lives and those of their children. The captives, we are told, amounted...