[Footnote 98: The martyrdom of St. Arethas, prince of Negra,
and his three hundred and forty companions, is embellished
in the legends of Metaphrastes and Nicephorus Callistus,
copied by Baronius, (A. D 522, No. 22 - 66, A.D. 523, No. 16
- 29,) and refuted with obscure diligence, by Basnage,
(Hist. des Juifs, tom. viii. l. xii. c. ii. p. 333 - 348,)
who investigates the state of the Jews in Arabia and
Aethiopia.
Note: According to Johannsen, (Hist. Yemanae, Praef. p. 89,)
Dunaan (Ds Nowas) massacred 20,000 Christians, and threw
them into a pit, where they were burned. They are called in
the Koran the companions of the pit (socii foveae.) - M.]