_Ibid._, ch. xxvi. “Auditisne, magiam, qui eam temere accusatis, artem esse diis immortalibus acceptam, colendi eos ac venerandi pergnaram, piam scilicet et divini scientem, iam inde a Zoroastro et Oromazo, auctoribus suis nobilem, caelitum antistitam? Quippe qui inter prima regalia docetur, nec ulli temere inter Persas concessum est magum esse, haud magis quam regnare.” This definition reminds one of Agrippa von Nettesheim’s praise of “that science divine beyond all human tracing.” In a less degree—for with Apuleius magic is the cult of the gods and not much concerned with material things—it recalls the high place assigned to magic by Porta and Francis Bacon. Footnote 146: Bk. i, ch. 2 of the life of Apollonius in the works of Philostratus as edited by Gottfridus Olearius. Lipsiae, 1709. ὁμιλήσαντες μάγοις καὶ πολλὰ δαιμόνια εἴποντες οὔπω ὑπήχθησαν τῇ τέχνῃ. Footnote 147: Indeed “magic,” though condemned, was popular, and charlatans calling themselves “magi” did a thriving business. Footnote 148: Suetonius, Aug., ch. xc; _Tiber._, ch. lxix. Cited by W. E. H. Lecky. _Hist. of European Morals_ (London, 1899), vol. i, p. 367. Lecky gives a large amount of material on superstition in the Roman Empire. Footnote 149: _Nat. Hist._, bk. xxviii, ch. 5. Footnote 150: A. Bouché-Leclercq. “L’Astrologie dans le monde romain.” _Revue Hist._, vol. lxv, pp. 249 _et seq._ If we may believe the Roman historians, Tiberius was a devotee of astrology; Caligula was warned of his death by the stars; Nero, among other acts dictated by his trust in the art, ordered a number of executions in order to avoid the evils threatened by a comet; Galba, the three Flavians and Vespasian all had their astrologers; Titus was himself an adept in the art; Domitian, when disposing of persons whom the stars designated as dangerous, made the fatal error of sparing Nerva because the constellations allowed him but a brief additional term of life; _etc._ Footnote 151: _Revue Hist._, vol. lxv, p. 252. Footnote 152: _Nat. Hist._, bk. xxx, ch. 1, and Tacitus, _Annals_, bk. vi, ch. 22 (28 in some editions). Footnote 153: Carolus Gottlob Kuhn. _Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia._ (Lipsiae, 1821, 19 vols.), vol. xii, p. 362. _De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus._ Footnote 154: _De diebus decretoriis_, _ibid._, vol. ix, pp. 901 _et seq._ πάντων μὲν τῶν ἄνωθεν ἄστρων ἀπολαύομεν τῆς δυνάμεως. Footnote 155: “Quod optimus medicus sit quoque philosophus.” _Ibid._, vol. i, p. 53. Footnote 156: Vacherot, _L’Ecole d’Alexandria_, vol. ii, p. 115. Footnote 157: