Responsa for Bava Kamma 233:22

למחר אותבוה בדרא קמא קמיה דר' יוחנן אמר שמעתתא ולא אקשי שמעתתא ולא אקשי אנחתיה אחורי שבע דרי עד דאותביה בדרא בתרא א"ל רבי יוחנן לר"ש בן לקיש ארי שאמרת נעשה שועל

Rab therefore said to him: 'Kahana, until now the Greeks<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M.; cur. edd.: Persians. [The reference is to the Parthians whose sway over Babylon came to an end in 266, when they were defeated by the Sassanians.] ');">³⁶</span> who did not take much notice of bloodshed were [here and had sway, but] now the persians<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' So MS.M.; curr. edd.: Greeks. [Ardeshir, the first of the Sassanian kings, deprived the Jews of the right they had hitherto exercised under the Parthians of inflicting capital punishment, v. Funk, Die fuden in Babylonien, I, 68.] ');">³⁷</span>

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