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singular coincidence which necessarily adds a very important 
confirmation to both accounts. 
The next light thrown on this history may be drawn from the 
narratives of the conversion of the Axomites to the Christian religion 
in the time of the Emperor Constan tine, as related byRufinus,* and 
/ other ecclesiastical writers ; by which it appears evident that the 
person named Frumentius was the Abba Salama or Fremonatos 
noticed by the Chronicle, who after having resided some years in 
Abyssinia, was raised to the rank of a bishop by Athanasius, and 
first introduced Christianity among the inhabitants. It subse- 
quently appears that, on the Arians gaining the ascendancy in the 
follow ing reign, the Emperor Constantius sent an embassy through 
Theophilus an Indian, f with a letter addressed to the ruling 
sovereigns Aizana and Saizana, whom he styles cclBX(poi rifA^iooTocTot, 
most dear brethren, for the purpose of persuading Frumentius to 
relinquish the doctrines of Athanasius, and to adopt those of the 
new patriarch Georgias ; and that such monarchs reigned in Abys- 
sinia is clearly proved by the inscription I discovered at Axum. 
Some difticulty exists in ascertaining to which of the sovereigns 
mentioned in the list these appellations may apply ; in my former 
narrative I attributed them to Abreha, and Atsbeha, but from 
the date which must be allowed to Constantius's letter (A. D. 356) 
Mr. Murray was of opinion, that it ought to be applied to some 
of the succeeding kings, but this change I do not conceive 
necessary, as it is not improbable that the names of the sove- 
reigns who reigned when Frumentius was first sent into the 
* Lib. I. c. 9, and Cedrenus, p. 284, Vol. I. 
t Vide Philpstorgius 477, et seq. et Sancti Athanasii Apol. Paris, 1627^ p- 698. 
