The very scanty notices which we find elsewhere confirm fully the account given in the Mortes. Eusebius, who at the time when his eighth book was written had no special sources of information, but represents the current opinion of the day, is perfectly aware that Galerius was present at Nicomedia at the time of the outbreak of the persecution1. The statement that the Milesian Apollo was consulted, is corroborated by a no less important authority than Constantine himself; and that not in a speech