Quid ergo mirum, si vel apparatus agonum idololatria conspurcat de coronis profanis, de sacerdotalibus praesidibus, de collegiariis ministris, de ipso postremo boum sanguine? Ut de loco suppleam et de loco communi, pro collegio artium Musicarum et Minervalium et Apollinarium, etiam Martialium per duellum, per tubam in stadio circum aemulantur, quod utique templum est et ipsum eius idoli, cuius sollemnitates agit.
What is there then to wonder at, if the whole equipment of these contests is stained with idolatry'with profane crowns, priestly judges, attendants from various sacred colleges, and, finally, the blood of bulls? To add a supplemental word on the placea'a place held in common as a college of the arts of the Muses, of Minerva, of Apollo, yes! and of Mars too,'in the stadium with war and with trumpet they imitate the circus. It too is a temple of the idol whose solemn rites are being performed.
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