Sed inexpiabile illud erat, quod regaliter turgidus, pari eodemque iure, nihil inter se distantibus meritis, nocentes innocentesque maligna insectatione volucriter perurgebat, ut dum adhuc dubitaretur de crimine, imperatore non dubitante de poena, damnatos se quidam prius discerent quam suspectos.
But it was unacceptable that, with tyrannical rage, he was quick to attack both guilty and innocent with malicious persecution under the same law, without making any distinction in their merits, so that even when there was uncertainty about the crime, the emperor had already decided on the punishment, and some learned about their death sentence before being aware of any suspicion.