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De mortibus persecutorum (On the Deaths of the Persecutors) is a hybrid historical and Christian apologetical work by the Roman philosopher Lactantius, written in Latin sometime after AD 316.
Aug 24, 2019 · De mortibus persecutorum. by. Lactantius, ca. 240-ca. 320. Publication date. 1984. Topics. Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. Publisher. Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press.
Tandem perducitur ad cicatricem. 3 Rursus levi corporis m<otu v>ulneratur; plus sanguinis quam ante decurrit. Albescit ipse atque absumptis viribus tenuatur, et tunc quidem rivus cruoris inhibetur. 4 Incipit vulnus non sentire medicinam; proxima quaeque cancer invadit et quanto magis circumsecatur, latius saevit.
Nov 26, 2019 · Soon after the end of persecution, i.e., in 313/314, Lactantius composed his brief work On the Deaths of the Persecutors ( De mortibus persecutorum ), the first Latin treatise on ecclesiastical history. When Constantine appointed Lactantius to be tutor to his son Crispus, Lactantius came to the imperial court at Trier.
1957 1958 [Not “the persecutors,” but only some of them. This treatise is, in fact, a most precious relic of antiquity, and a striking narrative of the events which led to the “conversion of the Empire,” so called. Its historical character is noted by Gibbon, D. and. F., vol. ii. 20, n. 40.]
De mortibus persecutorum ("On the Deaths of the Persecutors") has an apologetic character but given Lactantius's presence at the court of Diocletian in Nicomedia and the court of Constantine in Gaul, it is considered a valuable primary source for the events it records. Lactantius describes the goal of the work as follows:
De mortibus persecutorum makes for bloody reading. Lactantius wrote it in the immediate aftermath of the Diocletianic Persecution, and it reflects the vio-lence of that era.1 In it, he depicts the deaths of persecuting emperors in vivid. 1 De Mort. dates itself to shortly after the accession of Constantine (52.3-5); see further T.D. Barnes.
