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It is widely believed that the Emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity politicized religious allegiances, dividing the Christian Roman Empire from the Zoroastrian Sasanian Empire and leading to the persecution of Christians in Persia. This account, however, is based on Greek ecclesiastical histories and Syriac martyrdom narratives that date to centuries after the fact. In this groundbreaking study, Kyle Smith analyzes diverse Greek, Latin, and Syriac sources to show that there was not a single history of fourth-century Mesopotamia. By examining the conflicting hagiographical and historical evidence, Constantine and the Captive Christians of Persia presents an evocative and evolving portrait of the first Christian emperor, uncovering how Syriac Christians manipulated the image of their western Christian counterparts to fashion their own political and religious identities during this century of radical change.

Syriac Christians --- Church history --- Chrétiens syriaques --- Eglise --- History --- Histoire --- Constantine --- Iraq --- Iran --- Irak --- 27 <394> --- Apostolic Church --- Christianity --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Syrian Christians --- Christians --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Syrië --- Constantijn, --- Constantin, --- Constantin --- Constantine, --- Constantino --- Constantinus Flavius Valerius Aurelius, --- Constantinus --- Constantinus, --- Costantino --- Costantino, --- Flaviĭ Valeriĭ Avreliĭ Konstantin, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, --- Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, --- Flavius Valerius Constantinus, --- Konstantin, --- Konstantin --- Kōnstantinos, --- Kōnstantinos --- Konstantyn, --- Kostandianos --- Κωνσταντίνος, --- Флавий Валерий Аврелий Константин, --- Константин --- Константин, --- Syriac Christians. --- Primitive and early church. --- To 1500. --- Iran. --- Iraq. --- Chrétiens syriaques --- Flavije Valerije Konstantin --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 --- Syriac Christians - History - To 1500 - Sources --- Syriac Christians - Iran - History - To 1500 --- Syriac Christians - Iraq - History - To 1500 --- Christianisme --- Symeon Bar-Sabba'e, m. --- Martyres Persae --- Sapor II, roi de Perse --- Sassanides --- Constantin empereur --- Iran - History - To 640 --- Iraq - History - To 634 --- 4th century mesopotamia. --- byzantine. --- christian converts. --- christian roman empire. --- constantine. --- conversion to christianity. --- eastern christians. --- ecclesiastical histories. --- first christian emperor. --- hagiography. --- history of constantine. --- history of persia. --- middle eastern christianity. --- persecution of christians in persia. --- persia. --- roman empire. --- sasanian empire. --- syriac christianity. --- syriac christians. --- zoroastrian sasanian empire.