Note 54 — COMMODUS. PERTINAX. DIDIUS JULIANUS. SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS.
Havilland Le Mesurier Chepmell translation
In Rome there is an amulet which has not been described before, a silver plate with magic inscriptions, having on it the silver candlestick of Jerusalem and the usual Christian monogram. It is in Greek, mingled with quite barbarous words in an unintelligible language. There is written on it, that he who wore this plate, was sure of being in favour with gods and men. This medley of Christianity, Judaism, and paganism, is of particularly frequent occurrence in the beginning of the third century of the Christian era.