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 rail understanding of the political and
religious tensions of the early fourth century.
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