「To the Emperor Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius Caesar Augustus, and to Verissimus his son, the philosopher, and to Lucius the philosopher, the natural son of Caesar and adopted son of Pius, a lover of learning, and to the sacred Senate and the whole people of the Romans, on behalf of men of every race who are unjustly hated and abused, I, Justin, son of Priscus, son of Bacchius, of those from Flavia Neapolis of Syria Palaestina, being myself one of them, make this address and petition.」 And the same emperor, having been petitioned by others also—namely the brethren in Asia who were being oppressed with all manner of outrages by the local populaces—deemed the commonalty of Asia worthy of the following ordinance: