Clement of Alexandria

(1), FLAVIUS, son of Sabinus, brother of the emperor Vespasian, and therefore first cousin to Domitian, whose niece Flavia Domitilla was his wife. Domitian regarded his kinsman with great favour, and placed his two sons, whom he caused to be named after himself and his brother, Vespasianus and Domitianus, under the tuition of Quintilian as the destined inheritors of the imperial throne. Flavius Clemens held the consulate in A.D. 95, and had only just resigned the office when he and his wife Domitilla were suddenly arrested and convicted on the charge of 'atheism,' by which there is no reasonable doubt that Christianity is intended. The crime on which Clemens and Domitilla were condemned was, according to Dio Cassius, that of " Judaising," from which in the popular mind Christianity was hardly distinguishable. The religious charge was regarded by Suetonius as a most trivial one, the object of suspicion rather than of proof,— "'tenuissima ex suspicione,"-—but it was strengthened by a neglect of the ordinary usages of Romana social and political life, almost unavoidable by a Christian, which was regarded as "a most contemptible indolence" meriting severe animadversion. Clemens suffered death ; his wife Domitilla was banished to one of the islands off the west coast of Italy. [DomrriLLa] (Sueton. Domit. § 15; Dio Cassius, Hist. lxvii. 145; Tillemont, tom. ii. p. 124; Merivale, Romans under the Empire; vol. vii. c. lxii. p. 383; Lightfoot, Philippians, p. 22.) [H. V..]

(2) Bishop of Ancyra and martyr under Diocletian and Maximian Jan. 23 (Menol: Basil.). He is said to have been the son of a heathen father and a Christian mother, Euphrosyne, who prophesied his martyrdom. The narrative relating to him is very dubious. (Till. Mem. v. 162.) : (iB Bal

(3) (KAhuns), a Greek historian and chroaologer. He is described by Suidas (s.v.) as having written a history of the Roman kings and emperors, and also as having written to Hiero-

(Titus FLAvius CLEMENS]. It will be convenient to notice in succession: i. The personal Details of Clement's Life ; ii. His Works ; and iii. His Position and Influence in the Development of Christian Doctrine and Thought.

i. The Life of Clement.—The full name of Clement, Titus Flavius Clemens, is given by Eusebius (/f. Z. vi. 13) and Photius (Cod. 111) in the title of the Stromateis (Titov bAaviov KAhwevros [Photius adds mpeaBurépou 'Arctavdpelas] Tay Kata Thy adnO7R pirocoplay yrwors- Kav brouynudtwy atpwparets). The rermarkable coincidence of the name with that of Titus

Flavius Clemens, nephew of Vespasian and consul in 95 [CLemMENS FLAvius], cannot have been accidental, but no direct evidence enables us to determine what was Clement's connexion with