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May 30, 2017

The Ancient Roman Writers Who Laid the Foundations of Anti-Semitism

Hatred of Jews in the pre-Christian era.

While many, if not most, histories of anti-Semitism begin with early Christian attacks on Judaism, the pseudonymous Dr. Dark Age argues that key tropes of modern anti-Jewish prejudice can be found in the works of such Roman intellectuals as Cicero and Tacitus:

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May 30, 2017

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