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Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia: Martyrdom and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity (Volume 57) (Transformation of the Classical Heritage) by Kyle Smith is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
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It is widely believed that the Emperor ConstantineÕs conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire from the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire and leading to the persecution of Christians in Persia. This account, however, is based on Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to centuries after the fact. In this groundbreaking study, Kyle Smith analyzes diverse Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources to show that there was not a
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- Author
- Kyle Smith
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520308398
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- Religion, History, Ancient
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
Other editions & translations
- Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia: Martyrdom and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity (Volume 57) (Transformation of the Classical Heritage) (2019)
- Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia: Martyrdom and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity (Transformation of the Classical Heritage Book 57) (2019)
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