E00377: Eusebius' Martyrs of Palestine includes the story of the martyrdom of *Domninos (martyr of Palestine, S00190) and *Auxentios (martyr of Palestine, S00298), and the suffering of three unnamed young men (unnamed Confessors, S00184). Written in 311 in Caesarea (Palestine); written in Greek, but parts of the text survive only in Syriac.

Eusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine, 7.3-4

Summary:
In a description of various harsh measures taken against Christians by the governor of Caesarea, Urbanus, on 5 November 308, Eusebius mentions the young man Domninos, who, after undergoing tortures at the copper mines, was condemned to execution by fire; on the same day, three other young Christians were condemned to combat (in boxing). Moreover, an old man, named in the short version Auxentios, was executed by being thrown to the wild beasts.

Later on, in 8.2-4, Eusebius provides more information on the fate of the three young men and relates that, after their refusal to be trained as gladiators, they were tortured and, after the tendons of their left ankles were destroyed with hot irons and their left eyes plucked out, dispatched to the copper mines in Palestine.

Summary: Sergey Minov