63. Vopiscus (in Hist. August. p. 217 [Aurel. c. 23, seq.])
gives us an authentic letter, and a doubtful vision, of
Aurelian. Apollonius of Tyana was born about the same time
as Jesus Christ. His life (that of the former) is related in
so fabulous a manner by his disciples, that we are at a loss
to discover whether he was a sage, an impostor, or a
fanatic.