13. When Pompey, using or abusing the right of conquest,
entered into the Holy of Holies, it was observed with
amazement, "Nulla intus Deum effigie, vacuam sedem et inania
arcana." Tacit. Hist. v. 9. It was a popular saying, with
regard to the Jews, Nil praeter nubes et coeli numen
adorant.