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ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 345 The Emperor Cesar Galerius Valerius Maximianus, Invictus, Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Germanicus Maximus, ^Egyptiacus Maximus, Thebaicus Maximus, Sarmaticus Maximus, the fifth time Persicus Maximus, second time Carpicus Maximus, sixth time Armeniacus Maximus, Medicus Maximus, Adiabenicus Maximus, Tribune of the People XX. Emperor XIX. Consul VIII. Father of his country, Proconsul : and the Emperor Cesar Flavius, Valerius Constantinus, Pius, Felix, Invictus, Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribune of the People, and Emperor V. Consul, Father of his country, Proconsul : also, the Emperor Cesar Valerius Licinianus, Pius, Felix, Invictus, Augustus ; Pontifex, Maximus, Tribune of the People IV. Emperor III. Consul, Pater Patria3, Proconsul ; to their subjects in the provinces, send greeting : Among* other matters which we have devised for the benefit and common advantage of our people, we have first determined to restore all things according to the ancient laws and the pub lic institutions,-)- of the Romans. And to make provision for this, that also the Christians, who have left the religion of their fathers, should return again to a good purpose and resolution. For by some means,J such arrogance had overtaken and such stupidity had beset them, that they would not follow the principles an* This edict, as Eusebius tells us below, he translated from the Latin, and had he not mentioned it, it could be inferred from the style and phraseology ; as the Latin idiom appears more than once. The very beginning is calculated to make this impression. •j-The word S^-IST-I^V, here occurring, is very ambiguous. We suspected at first, our author had before him ex sententia Romani populi, or perhaps plebiscitum, of which £».«o