A great enemy arose in the person of the Emperor Justinian, who was provoked by savage conflicts between the Jews and the Samaritans to issue severe enactments against both, which led to the fall of the patriarchate.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
Ascalon contained 153 Jews; Tiberias, the seat of learning, and of the kingly patriarchate, but fifty.
"The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI."
Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton
This patriarchate had a hundred bishoprics in the fourth century and included thousands of black Christians.
"The Negro"
W.E.B. Du Bois