See Jul, Capit.Script.

Hist August.p.181, edit.1661.It is remarkable that Tertullian (Apologet.
c.

v.) distinctly asserts that Verus (M.Aurelius) issued no edicts against the Christians, and almost positively exempts him from the charge of persecution .-- M.

This remarkable synchronism, which explains the persecutions under M Aurelius, is shown at length in Milman's History of Christianity, book ii.

v .-- M.