The Great Persecution : a historical re-examination

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"The Great Persecution under Diocletian and his imperial colleagues and successors is a foremost concern of modern scholarship on Roman persecution of Christians. This book is a systematic and comprehensive study of that persecution. Its focus is on events from 284 when Diocletian became emperor, to 313, when full religious liberty was granted to all religions by the so-called Edict of Milan. At least nine imperial orders were issued in 303 to 31...

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Christian martyrs

Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600

Diocletian, Emperor of Rome, 245-313

Martyrdom Christianity History To 1500

Persecution History Early church, ca. 30-600

Persecution Rome History

Religion and law Rome

Rome History Diocletian, 284-305

Rome Politics and government 30 B.C.-476 A.D

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Studia Antiqua Australiensia Studia Antiqua Australiensia ; volume 8 Studia antiqua australiensia Studia antiqua australiensia ; v. 8

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ISBN:

9782503574479

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xii, 280 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:

"This book is a revised version of my doctoral dissertation ... at Macquarie University [2014]."--Page vii
Ph.D Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia 2014
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-280)

Contents:

Introduction
Christians and the imperial government up to the Great Persecution
The persecutions between 303 and 313
The end of persecution
Conclusion
Appendices. 1. A list of martyrs in Eusebius's De Martyribus Palaestinae in chronological order ; 2. A list of name-identified martyrs during the Great Persecution on a diocese-by-diocese basis ; 3. A list of martyr acts and hagiographical texts and their editions used in this book

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3052598

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