It is a creature of a very deformed shape, monstrous presence, a great ravener, and altogether untameable

Unlike Jews and Manichaeans, who could be found in most parts of the Roman empire during Late Antiquity, Zoroastrians were a geographically and numerically restricted religious group, confined to certain eastern provinces, especially in Asia Minor.

But very soon he grew to like it, for the Boy used to talk to him, and made nice tunnels for him under the bedclothes that he said were like the burrows the real rabbits lived in.

The student celebrated his exam success by drinking heavily and finally was arrested for being drunk and disorderly.