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Justin Martyr, First Apology LXVIII.1-LXX.4

Hadrian’s Rescript to Minucius Fundanus

Justin Martyr, First Apology VII.1-5

Petition for Christians to be examined fairly in the law courts

Justin Martyr, First Apology XVII.1-XVIII.3

The limits of Roman rule

Justin Martyr, Second Apology I-II

Appeal for reform in trials of Christians

Justin, Epitome of the Philippic Histories of Pompeius Trogus XXXVIII.3.10-7.10

Mithridates’s speech against Rome

Justin, Epitome of the Philippic Histories of Pompeius Trogus XLI.1.1-9

On the origins of the Parthians

Justin, Epitome of the Philippic Histories of Pompeius Trogus XXX.4.6-16

On the Fortune of Rome

Juvenal, Satires XIV.96-106

Juvenal’s depiction of the proselytes and of their exclusiveness.

Juvenal, Satires VIII.87-124

On the risks of the misbehaviours of the Roman governors towards Rome’s allies.

Juvenal, Satires XV.1-13

Juvenal’s condemnation of Egyptian superstition.

Lactantius, Divine Institutes VII.15.13, 17-19

The downfall of the Roman empire

Latin Panegyric II (10).1

Celebration of Rome’s birthday under Maximian and Diocletian

Latin Panegyric IX (12).26

Prayer to an undefined supreme divine entity asking it to grant eternal life to Constantine

Latin Panegyric IX (12).5.1-3

Comparison of Constantine with Alexander the Great

Latin Panegyric II (10).14

Trier, the imperial residence competing with Rome

Latin Panegyric IV (8).21.2

About the revival of the city of Autun thanks to Constantius Chlorus’s generosity

Latin Panegyric IV(8).21.1

About the revival of Gallic campaigns thanks to Laeti and barbarian ploughmen

Latin Panegyric XII (2).12.3-6

The citizen-emperor

Latin Panegyric XII (2).23

The complaint of the Gauls regarding the neglect of the imperial centre towards their fate

Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyon to the Churches of Asia and Phrygia

Attalus, the Roman citizen

Preserved in Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History V.1.43-44, 50-52

Judaism and Rome