Adisius

This man, who was said to have apostatized during the persecution of Maxentius, and who had intruded himself, no one quite knew how, into the sea of Nicomedia, had begun by winning the good graces of Constantia, the emperor's sister.

During the time when Constantia's husband, Licinius, was at war with her brother, Eusebius was his staunch friend, upholding him in his rebellion against the emperor.

But on the defeat of Licinius, the bishop at once transferred his friendship to the conqueror, Constantine.

Bishop Eusebius resembled Arius in his want of reverence and of honesty, and had taken Arius' side against the patriarch, Alexander, praising openly the teaching of Arius and declaring his only wish was that all men should share his opinions.

The stranger was a man of noble bearing and gentle manners.

He had a wondrous tale to tell.

He and his brother, Adisius, left orphans at an early age, had been adopted by an uncle who was a learned man and a philosopher.

Desiring greatly to undertake a voyage to Abyssinia to study the geography of the country and unwilling to interrupt the education of his two charges, he took them with him that they might continue their studies under his care.