adauctus

Updated: April 20, 2025

Among the martyrs of Rome, Adauctus deserves the notice of posterity. He was of a noble family in Italy, and had raised himself, through the successive honors of the palace, to the important office of treasurer of the private Jemesnes.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2

Adauctus is the more remarkable for being the only person of rank and distinction who appears to have suffered death, during the whole course of this general persecution.

Edward Gibbon - History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2