432.) * Note: If this be the case, Dion Cassius must have known the Christians they must have been the subject of his particular attention, since the author supposes that he wished his master to profit by these "counsels of persecution." How are we to reconcile this necessary consequence with what Gibbon has said of the ignorance of Dion Cassius even of the name of the Christians?
(c.xvi.n.

24.) (Gibbon speaks of Dion's silence, not of his ignorance .-- M) The supposition in this note is supported by no proof; it is probable that Dion Cassius has often designated the Christians by the name of Jews.

See Dion Cassius, l.lxvii.c 14, lxviii.

l--G.

On this point I should adopt the view of Gibbon rather than that of M Guizot .-- M] [Footnote 107a: It is with good reason that this massacre has been called a persecution, for it lasted during the whole reign of Maximin, as may be seen in Eusebius.