E00375: Eusebius' Martyrs of Palestine includes the story of the martyrdom of *eight martyrs in Caesarea (martyrs of Palestine, S00198). Written in 311 in Caesarea (Palestine); written in Greek, but parts of the text survive only in Syriac.

Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine, 3.1-4

Summary:
At the conclusion of his account of *Timotheos from Gaza (S00122), Eusebius relates that on the same day that this martyr was executed in Gaza, two other Christians from this city, *Agapios (S00188) and *Thekla (S00189), were condemned to be thrown to the wild beasts. When a group of the Christians of Caesarea, comprised of six young men – Timolaos from Pontos, Dionysios from Tripolis, Romulos from Diospolis, Paesis and Alexandros from Egypt, and Alexandros from Gaza – heard about their sentence, they decided to challenge the city governor Urbanus. They accosted him as he entered the theatre and declared themselves to be Christians, while asking to be also thrown to the wild beasts. They were arrested and imprisoned for a long time. While in prison, they were joined by two more men, who ministered to them there, Agapios and Dionysios. This group of eight men was executed together by beheading on 24 March 305.

Summary: Sergey Minov