7.1.1
Ι. Δέκιον οὐδ’ ὅλον ἐπικρατήσαντα δυεῖν ἐτοῖν χρόνον αὐτίκα τε ἅμα τοῖς παισὶν κατασφαγέντα Γάλλος διαδέχεται· Ὠριγένης ἐν τούτῳ ἑνὸς δέοντα τῆς ζωῆς ἑβδομήκοντα ἀποπλήσας ἔτη, τελευτᾷ. γράφων γέ τοι ὁ Διονύσιος Ἑρμάμμωνι, περὶ τοῦ Γάλλου ταῦτα φάσκει· “ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ ἔγνω τὸ Δεκίου κακὸν οὐδὲ προεσκόπησεν τί ποτ’ ἐκεῖνον ἔσφηλεν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν πρὸ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ γενόμενον ἔπταισε λίθον· ὃς φερομένης αὐτῷ τῆς βασιλείας καὶ κατὰ νοῦν χωρούντων τῶν πραγμάτων, τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἄνδρας, τοὺς περὶ τῆς εἰρήνης αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς ὑγιείας πρεσβεύοντας πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἤλασεν. οὐκοῦν ἐκείνοις ἐδίωξεν καὶ τὰς ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ προσευχάς.
I. when Decius had reigned for an entire period of less than two years, he was forthwith murdered along with his sons, and Gallus succeeded him. At this time Origen died, having completed the year save one of his life. Now when writing to Hermammon, Dionysius speaks as follows, with reference to Gallus: “But not even did Gallus recognize the fault [in the policy] of Decius, nor yet did he look to that which caused his fall, but he stumbled against the same stone that was before his eyes. For when his reign was prospering, and matters were moving according to his mind, he drove away the holy men who were supplicating God for his peace and health. Therefore along with them he banished the prayers on his behalf.”