[Footnote*:TheemperorsHadrian，Antoninus&c。，readwithastonishmenttheapologiesofJustinMartyr，ofAristides，ofMelito，&c。SeeSt。Hieron。admag。orat。Orosius，lviii。c。
13。Eusebiussaysexpressly，thatthecauseofChristianitywasdefendedbeforethesenate，inaveryelegantdiscourse，byApolloniustheMartyr。—G。
Gibbon，inhissevererspiritofcriticism，mayhavequestionedtheauthorityofJeromeandEusebius。TherearesomedifficultiesaboutApollonius，whichHeinichennoteinloc。
Eusebiiwouldsolve，bysupposelaghimtohavebeen，asJeromestates，asenator。—M。]
[Footnote192:IfthefamousprophecyoftheSeventyWeekshadbeenallegedtoaRomanphilosopher，wouldhenothaverepliedinthewordsofCicero，\"Quaetandemistaauguratioest，annorumpotiusquamautraensiumautdierum?\"DeDivinatione，ii。30。