Some aspects of Lactantius's credibility as seen in the De Mortibus Persecutorum
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Authors
Schwarzenberger, Mary Michael O.P.
Schwarzenberger, Mary Michael
Issue Date
1951
Type
Thesis
Thesis
Thesis
Language
en_US
Keywords
Classics , Catholicism
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Abstract
The purpose of the present work is to determine through a comparative study of the works of other men the historical accuracy of Lactantius in his De Mortibus Persecutorum. I shall first set forth a biographical sketch of the author, then consider the following questions: What factors may have influenced the thinking of Lactantius? In what points and to what extent does Lactantius agree with other historians? Where does he differ? Along this procedure, I shall follow Lactantius in his treatment of the persecution and the death of the Roman emperors -- Nero, Domitian, Decius, Valerian, Aurelian, and Diocletian with his associates. The Diocletian persecution, however, I shall treat at a greater length.
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Publisher
Creighton University
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Copyright 1951