Minucius felix biography for kids

Felix Marcus Minucius was one of the earliest if not the earliest, of the Latin apologists for Christianity.

Of his personal history nothing is known, and even the date at which he wrote can be only approximately ascertained. Jerome (De vir. fit 58) speaks of him as "Romae insignis causidicus," but in that he is probably only improving on the expression of Lactantius (Inst. div. v. 1) who speaks of him as "non ignobilis inter causidicos loci." He is now exclusively known by his Octavius, a dialogue on Christianity between the pagan Caecilius Natalisi and the Christian Octavius Januarius, a provincial lawyer, the friend and fellow-student of the author. The scene is pleasantly and graphically laid on the beach at Ostia on a holiday afternoon,, and the discussion is represented as arising out of the homage paid by Caecilius, in passing, to the image of Serapis[?]. His arguments for paganism (possibly modelled on those of Celsus[?]) are taken up seri Biography for kids amelia earhart.