The Mesopotamian city, and in scripture a byword for empire.

Counted wherever the text reads Babylon, whoever is speaking and whatever is meant by it. The count is of words on a page.

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Antiquities of the Jews 191 · 13 books

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Herodotus, The Histories 82 · 5 books

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The City of God 43 · 2 books

Book 2242Book 131

Chrysostom, On St Matthew 21 · 11 homilies

Homily 48Homily 73Homily 82Homily 101Homily 161Homily 361Homily 371Homily 431Homily 591Homily 881Homily 901

The Parallel Lives 17 · 8 lives

Life 336Life 484Life 432Life 181Life 261Life 281Life 301Life 441

The Anabasis 11 · 5 books

Book 14Book 23Book 32Book 51Book 71

Chrysostom, On the Acts 11 · 3 homilies

Homily 335Homily 53Homily 173

Augustine, On St John 5 · 3 tractates

Tractate 92Tractate 152Tractate 511

St Matthew 5 · 2 chapters

Matthew 14Matthew 21

The Confessions 3 · 2 books

Book 22Book 81

On the Nature of Things 3 · 2 books

Book 42Book 51

The Metamorphoses 3 · 2 books

Book 42Book 21

Tacitus, The Histories 2 · 1 book

Book 52

The Acts 1 · 1 chapter

Acts 71

Dante, Paradiso 1 · 1 canto

Paradiso 231

Catena Aurea on St Mark 1 · 1 chapter

Chapter 141

Cyril, On St Luke 1 · 1 sermon

Sermon 1341

The Twelve Caesars 1 · 1 life

Life 31

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