The work of the Christian scholar Lactantius provides an ideal lens
through which to study how Rome became a Christian empire.
Elizabeth DePalma Digeser shows how Lactantius' Divine Institutes
seditious in its time responded to the emperor Diocletian's
persecution and then became an important influence on Constantine
the Great, Rome's first Christian emperor.The Making of a Christian
Empire is the first full-length book to interpret the Divine
Institutes as a historical source. Exploring Lactantius' use of
theology, philosophy, and rhetorical techniques, Digeser perceives
the Divine Institutes as a sophisticated proposal for a
monotheistic state that intimately connected the religious policies
of Diocletian and Constantine, both of whom used religion to
fortify and unite the Roman Empire. For Digeser, Lactantius'
writings justify Constantine's own attitude of tolerance toward
pagans and casts light upon other puzzling features of
Constantine's religious policy. Her book contributes importantly to
an understanding of the political and religious tensions of the
early fourth century."
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