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Tertullian, Apology XXX

The nature of Christian prayer for the emperor

Tertullian, Apology XXXII

It is in Christianity’s interests to pray for the emperor

Tertullian, Apology XXXIII-XXXIV

The necessity of the emperor’s human nature

Tertullian, On Idolatry XIX

Christians and military service

Tertullian, On the Military Garland I.1-4

A Christian soldier is imprisoned because he refuses to wear the laurel crown

Tertullian, On the Military Garland XI.1-4

The contradiction between Roman military service and God’s laws

Tertullian, To Scapula II.6-8

Praise for the emperor

Tertullian, To Scapula IV.5-6

Examples of Christianity’s aid of the Romans, and imperial recognition of this

The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs

The record of the trial of a group of Christians in Carthage

The Apocryphon of James 4.31-6.20

Endorsement of martyrdom

The Apocryphon of John 10.7-28, 13.5-9

A social critique of Roman rule in revelatory language

The Book of the Laws of the Countries 52-53

Roman identity as characterised by violence

The Book of the Laws of the Countries 56-57

Rome’s imposition of its laws on conquered nations

The Epistle to Diognetus 5.1-10

The citizenship of the Christians

The Letter of Ignatius to the Romans 5.1-3

Desire for martyrdom

The Martyrdom of Julius the Veteran 3.1, 3-4

The conflict between divine law and that of the emperor

The Martyrdom of Polycarp (extracts)

Extracts from the Martyrdom of Polycarp

The Testimony of Truth 70.1-30

The release of demons when the Romans entered the Jerusalem Temple

Theophilus of Antioch, To Autolycus I.11

Why Christians will not worship the emperor

Tibullus, Elegies II.5.19-26

Tibullus’s description of the site of the future city of Rome.

Judaism and Rome