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Green faction murders Jews and burns synagogue in Antioch
During the reign of Zeno, the Green party at the Antioch races killed many Jews, burned their bodies and burned their synagogue; the emperor regretted that the living had not been burned too.
- By
- Party of the Green (circus faction)
- Where
- Antakya (Antioch), Hatay, Turkey
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