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Tacitus, The Histories, Volumes I and II

Note 517 — BOOK V

W. Hamilton (William Hamilton) Fyfe translation

e.g. 'And in the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed, nor shall the sovereignty thereof be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms' (Dan. ii. 44). The Jews were looking for Messiah: the Romans thought of Vespasian.

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