The early Christian persecutions
By: Ed. by Dana Carleton Munro ... and Edith Bramhall ...
Series: University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of History. Translations and reprints -- v. 4, no. 1
Published: 1897
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Church history; Martyrs; Persecution
Notes: Bibliography: p. 31-32.
Table of contents: title: I. Introduction: Tertullian's general statement; title: II. Persecution under Nero: Account by Tacitus. Account by Suetonius. Account by Clement. Account by Sulpicius Severus; title: III. Persecution under Domitian: The Flavian policy; title: Sulpicius Severus. Account by Dio Cassius. Account by Suetonius; title: IV. Attitude of Trajan and Hadrian: Pliny's letter to Trajan. Trajan's reply. Hadrian's rescript to Minucius Fundanus; title: V. Persecution under Marcus Aurelius: Martyrdoms at Lyons and Vienne; title: VI. Persecutions of the third century: Persecution under Septimus Severus. Persecution under Maximinus Thrax. Persecution under Valerian; title: VII. Triumph of Christianity: Edicts of Diocletian. Edict of toleration by Galerus. Decree of Milan.