Table of Contents

Preface Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Martyrs of Lyons, Judaism and Martyrdom, Martyrdom in the New Testament Period, Rome and Foreign Cults, The Legacy of the Hellenistic East to A.D. 41, The Church and the World to A.D. 70, Old Israel and New, 70-135, Lord Caesar or Lord Christ? 70-138, The False Dawn, 135-165, The Years of Crisis, 165-180, The Turn of the Tide, 180-235, The Great Divide: Alexandria, Carthage and Rome 190-240, Decius, The Triumph of Christianity, 260-303, The Great Persecution, 303-312, What has the Emperor to do with the Church? 312-361 Conclusion Bibliography Index

About the Author

Professor Frend is Bye-Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge and is Emeritus Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Glasgow. He is the author of The Donatist Church, The Early Church, The Archaeology of Early Christianity, Saints and Sinners in the Early Church and The Rise of Christianity.