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