Note 91 — BOOK II THE LIFE OF A CHRISTIAN IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE FAITH (continued 2)
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This Rutilius was a Gallic gentleman of high position who had filled important offices at Rome, and had become a Senator. His undisguised opinion of the Christian sect appears in a graceful poem descriptive of a sea-trip from Rome (Ostia probably) to South Gaul. The work in question was composed circa A.D. 416.