now  into  the  senate,  and  desired  of  the  people,
that  upon  the  restitution  of  their  law  and  their
liberty,  by  the  senate  and  people  of  Rome,  they
may  assemble  together,  according  to  their  an-
cient legal  custom,  and  that  we  will  not  bring
any  suit  against  them  about  it ;  and  that  a  place
may  be  given  them  wliere  they  may  have  their
congregations,  with  their  wives  and  children,  and
may  otfer,  as  did  their  forefathers,  their  prayers
and  sacrifices  to  God. Now  the  senate  and  peo-
ple liave  decreed  to  permit  them  to  assemble  to-
gether on  the  days  formerly  appointed,  and  to
act  according  to  their  own  laws  ;  and  that  such
a  place  be  set  apart  for  them  by  the  prcetors,  for
the  building  and  inhabiting  the  same,  as  they
•shall  esteem  fit  for  that  purpose  :  and  that  those
that  take  care  of  the  provisions  for  the  city,
shall  take  care  that  such  sorts  of  food  as  they
esteem  fit  for  their  eating,  may  be  imported  into
the  city."

25. The  decree  of  the  Ephesians  : — "  When
Menophilus  was  prytanis,  on  the  first  day  of  the
month  Artemisius,  this  decree  was  made  by  the
people : — Nicanor,  the  son  of  Euphemus,  pro-
nounced it,  upon  the  representation  of  the  pn-e-
tors. Since  the  Jews  that  dwell  in  this  city
have  petitioned  Marcus  Julius  Pompeius,  the
son  of  Brutus,  the  proconsul,  that  they  might  be
allowed  to  observe  their  Sabbaths,  and  to  act  in
all  things  according  to  the  customs  of  their  fore-
fathers, witliout  impediment  from  anybody,  the
praitor  hath  granted  their  petition. Accordingly,
it  was  decreed  by  the  senate  and  people,  that  in
this  affair  that  concerned  the  Romans,  no  one
of  them  should  be  hindered  from  keeping  the
Sabbath-day,  nor  be  fined  for  so  doing ;  but  that
they  may  be  allowed  to  do  all  things  according
to  their  own  laws."

26. 