CONTENTS

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]
CHAPTER 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]