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Cover 1 Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia 2 Title 8 Copyright 9 Dedication 10 CONTENTS 12 Acknowledgments 14 Abbreviations 18 Introduction: Constantine and the Writing of Fourth-Century History 24 PART I THE ROMAN FRONTIER AND THE PERSIAN WAR 38 1 • Patronizing Persians: Constantine’s Letter to Shapur II 40 2 • Constantine’s Crusade: Th e Emperor’s Last Days and the Persian Campaign 68 3 • Rereading Nisibis: Narrating the Battle for Roman Mesopotamia 88 PART II ROMAN CAPTIVES AND PERSIAN ENVOYS 120 4 • On War and Persecution: Aphrahaṭ the Persian Sage and the Martyrdom and History of Blessed Simeon bar Ṣabba'e 122 5 • Th e Church of the East and the Territorialization of Christianity 148 6 • Memories of Constantine in the Acts of the Persian Martyrs 177 Appendix A. Constantine’s Letter to Shapur: Eusebius’s Life of Constantine IV.8–14 204 Appendix B. Martyrdom of the Captives of Beth Zabdai 207 Appendix C. Martyrdom of Abbot Barshebya, Ten Fellow Brothers, and One Magus 214 Bibliography 220 Index 240

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Smith, Kyle

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