Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE)
“The demon of madness is holding dominion the wide world over;
you’d think that the human race had joined in an evil conspiracy.”
- From the poem, Metamorphoses, by Ovid (Book 1, approximately lines 241-242). Translated by David Raeburn. Penguin Classics; Revised Edition, 2004.
Are you sure the date is not 2022 CE?!