(See Valesius ad loc.)] [Footnote 182a: This calculation is made from the martyrs, of whom Eusebius speaks by name; but he recognizes a much greater number.
Thus the ninth and tenth chapters of his work are entitled, "Of Antoninus, Zebinus, Germanus, and other martyrs; of Peter the monk.

of Asclepius the Maroionite, and other martyrs." [Are these vague contents of chapters very good authority ?--M.] Speaking of those who suffered under Diocletian, he says, "I will only relate the death of one of these, from which, the reader may divine what befell the rest." Hist.
Eccl.viii.6.

[This relates only to the martyrs in the royal household .-- M.] Dodwell had made, before Gibbon, this calculation and these objections; but Ruinart (Act.Mart.Pref p.

27, et seq.) has answered him in a peremptory manner: Nobis constat Eusebium in historia infinitos passim martyres admisisse.

quamvis revera paucorum nomina recensuerit.