ASIARCHÆ, Asiæ Principes, as they are called in the Latin Version of the Acts of the Apostles1. They were so many Heathen High Priests of Asia, chosen in the way of distinction, to procure the celebration of publick and solemn Games at their own expence2. Those of Ephesus, out of friendship to St. Paul, and the particular consideration which they had for him, restrained him from appearing, as he intended, in the Theater, during the sedition raised there by Demetrius the Goldsmith.
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