[786] Implevimus ... castra ipsa.—Ibid., c. 37. The story of the Thundering Legion, composed entirely of Christians, is unable to withstand the destructive criticism of modern times. The following is the epitaph of a military commander: VITALIANVS MAGISTER MILITVM, QVIESCIT IN DOMINO. We have already seen that of an officer—DVX MILITVM—who suffered martyrdom under Adrian.
[787] Euseb., H. E., viii, 4. No one in either the civil or military service of the emperor was eligible for ordination even as a deacon.—Bingham, Orig. Eccl., iv, 3, sec. 1.
[788] Hostes Cæsarum, hostes populi Romani.—Celsus, lib. viii.
[789] Christianus nullius est hostis, nedum imperatoris.—Ad Scapulum, i.
[790] Nec ulla res aliena magis quam publica.—Apol., c. 38.
[791] Honores et purpuras despiciunt ipsi seminudi.—In Munic. Felix, viii.
[792] Infructuosi in negotiis dicimur.—Tert., Apol., 42.
[793] Ibid.
[794] Sat., vi, 20.
[795] Epig., vii, 6.