S married a barbarian princess and before the close of the third century A.D
- Date of account
- Published 1908
- Source
- The book of witches
- Reference
- The book of witches · selected passage 151
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
s married a barbarian princess and before the close of the third century A.D
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlys married a barbarian princess and before the close of the third century A.D. the Empire had become largely "barbarised" by the Goths and Vandals who did it military service, and who, incidentally, served to bolster up paganism and to introduce new features into it. The Teutonic witch met her Roman sister, and introduced her to darker, grimmer, and more vigorous conceptions of her art. The dreadful pestilence which, in the third century, ravaged the Empire gave a new popularity to the black arts, and the Roman witch was never more sought after than in the years preceding the last and most violent persecution of the Christians at the hands of Diocletian.
Historical context
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Modern context
Contextual commentary · mention onlyA modern comparison can identify recurring descriptions and possible explanations, but the account is not treated as independently verified evidence merely because it appeared in print.
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