Kestner Commentatio de Eusebii Hist.Eccles.conditoris auctoritate et fide, &c.

See also Reuterdahl, de Fontibus Historiae Eccles.

Eusebianae, Lond.Goth., 1826.
Gibbon's inference may appear stronger than the text will warrant, yet it is difficult, after reading the passages, to dismiss all suspicion of partiality from the mind .-- M.] [Footnote 179: The ancient, and perhaps authentic, account of the sufferings of Tarachus and his companions, (Acta Sincera Ruinart, p.
419--448,) is filled with strong expressions of resentment and contempt, which could not fail of irritating the magistrate.

The behavior of Aedesius to Hierocles, praefect of Egypt, was still more extraordinary.
Euseb.

de Martyr.Palestin.c.5.