CONTENTS
Reading edition
CHAPTER I.
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THE EMPIRE UNDER DIOCLETIAN 1
CHAPTER II.
THE PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH 12
CHAPTER III.
THE ABDICATION OF DIOCLETIAN AND THE SUCCESSION OF CONSTANTINE 39
CHAPTER IV.
CONSTANTINE AND HIS COLLEAGUES 56
CHAPTER V.
THE INVASION OF ITALY 73
CHAPTER VI.
THE VISION OF THE CROSS AND THE EDICT OF MILAN 92
CHAPTER VII.
THE DOWNFALL OF LICINIUS 115
viiiCHAPTER VIII.
LAST DAYS OF PERSECUTION 134
CHAPTER IX.
CONSTANTINE AND THE DONATISTS 159
CHAPTER X.
THE ARIAN CONTROVERSY 189
CHAPTER XI.
THE COUNCIL OF NICÆA 211
CHAPTER XII.
THE MURDERS OF CRISPUS AND FAUSTA 237
CHAPTER XIII.
THE FOUNDATION OF CONSTANTINOPLE 257
CHAPTER XIV.
ARIUS AND ATHANASIUS 285
CHAPTER XV.
CONSTANTINE’S DEATH AND CHARACTER 301
CHAPTER XVI.
THE EMPIRE AND CHRISTIANITY 330
INDEX 357
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