The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.
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The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes.
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Eusebius, of Caesarea, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 260-ca. 340.
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1683.
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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"The history of the church from our Lords incarnation, to the twelth year of the Emperour Maricius Tiberius, or the Year of Christ 594 / as it was written in Greek, by Eusebius Pamphilius ..., Socrates Scholasticus, and Evagrius Scholasticus ... ; made English from that edition of these historians, which Valesius published at Paris in the years 1659, 1668, and 1673 ; also, The life of Constantine in four books, written by Eusibius Pamphilus, with Constantine's Oration to the convention of the saints, and Eusebius's Speech in praise of Constantine, spoken at his tricennalia ; Valesius's annotations on these authors, are done into English, and set at their proper places in the margin, as likewise a translation of his account of their lives and writings ; with two index's, the one, of the principal matters that occur in the text, the other, of those contained in the notes." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A38749.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2024.
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CHAP. XXVI. How he took a Resolution of freeing Rome [from the Tyranny] of Maxentius.
AFter this he took into his consideration the whole * 1.1 world, as twere some vast Body; and perceiving that the Head of the whole Earth, the † 1.2 Chief City of the Roman Empire, was oppressed with a Tyrannick ser∣vitude; in the first place he gave place to a 1.3 them to free it, who had obtained the other portions of the Roman Empire; in regard they were his Seniours in time. Now, when none of them could give it assistance; but those who had resolved upon making tryall, b 1.4 had peri∣shed by an ignominious death; he profest his Life would be uncomfortable, if he should neg∣lect the Imperial City when so sorely afflicted, and therefore made preparations to suppress the Tyranny.
He means Galerius Maximi∣anus, and Maximi∣nus. For those he terms 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, his se∣niours in time▪ that is, Senior Emperours. For although Maximinus was scarce declared Augustus as yet, nevertheless, because he had been made Casar some years before Constantine, therefore he may be accounted amongst the Emperours that were Seni••urs to Constantine. Vales.
〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉. A twofold sense may be brought of these words. For you may either render them with Portesius and Christophorson, soedum rei eventum nacti sunt, had procured a shamefull event of the affair; or else, as I have translated them, turpi exitu peri••runt, had perished by an ignominious death. The former has rela∣tion to Galerius Maximianus. The Latter interpretation is to be understood of Severus Caesar: who being sent by Galerius with an Army against Maxentius, when he would have made preparations to lay Siege to Rome, he was deserted by his own Forces, (whom Maxentius had brought off to his own side by the hope of rewards,) and fled to Ravenna: in which City he was besieged by Maxentius; and being soon imposed upon by the fraud and perjuries of Maxi∣mianus Herculius, and carried to Rome in the habit of a captive, he was quickly after killed; as 'tis related in the Gesta Constantini. See the following chapter, where Eusebius relates this matter more at large. Vales.