Tertullian's Idea of Christian Life in the State
Abstract
The year 30 B.C., which inaugurated the long rule of Octavius Caesar, marked the beginning of two centuries of peace. Rome was shaping itself into an Empire under the deft hands of Augustus, who, satisfied with the vast limits of his territories, sought rather the remodeling of what was already acquired in preference to greedy conquest. The exploits of Sulla, Caesar, and Pompey had so enriched the possessions of Rome that, at the time we speak of, it embraced the territory from the British Channel, over to the Danube and the Black Sea from the Atlantic Ocean to the Sahara Desert and the kingdom of Parthia with Britain soon to be added. This was the realm with its teeming populations that the great Augustus had ordered to be enrolled.
Subject Area
Ancient languages|Language
Recommended Citation
Laverty, Rose Maria, "Tertullian's Idea of Christian Life in the State" (1935). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI28960400.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI28960400
