# Arnobius 1886: Against the Heathen (Adversus Gentes), Book 1

> Arnobius, 1886. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Primary text: Arnobius recalls the host that burst from "the Atlantis of Neptune" ten thousand…

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# Against the Heathen, Book 1

Arnobius, 1886. _Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6_.

At 1.5 Arnobius answers the charge that Christians caused the world's wars by pointing to older ones, including that "ten thousand years ago a vast number of men burst forth from the island which is called the Atlantis of Neptune, as Plato tells us".

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## What it's used for here

Primary text: Arnobius recalls the host that burst from "the Atlantis of Neptune" ten thousand years before, citing Plato (1.5).

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Every later ancient writer reviewed here who repeats Plato puts Atlantis at sea, in the Atlantic](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/evidence/EVD0DCPB804S9YE/every-later-ancient-writer-reviewed-here-who-repeats-plato)

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[The Eye of the Sahara and Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara)

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Arnobius (1886). Against the Heathen, Book 1. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 6. https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/06311.htm
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