CHAPTER XII

THE APOLOGY OF JUSTIN ADDRESSED TO ANTONINUS

“TO the emperor Titus Ælius Adrian Antoninus Pius Cæsar Augustus, and to Onesimus his son the philosopher, and to Lucius the natural son of Cæsar the philosopher, and the adopted son of Pius, a votary of learning; also, to the sacred senate and the whole Roman people, in behalf of those who of all nations are now unjustly hated and aspersed; I, Justin, the son of Priscus, the grandson of Bacchius of Flavia, the new city of Palestine, Syria, being one of their number, present this volume and address.” The same emperor was also addressed by others when the brethren in Asia were suffering under every kind of injury from the provincials, and honoured the people of Asia with an ordinance like the following: