Church History 2.25.7

Eusebius of Caesarea · Church History · ca. 300–325 · Caesarea · Read in context

Summary: Gaius (quoted): the apostles' monuments stand on the Vatican and the Ostian Way.

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Greek text · Dindorf 4:82

ἐὰν γὰρ θελή- “ σῃς ἀπελθεῖν ἐπὶ τὸν Βατικανὸν, ἢ ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδὸν “τὴν Ὠστίαν, εὑρήσεις τὰ τρόπαια τῶν ταύτην ἱδρυ- “ σαμἐνων τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. ”

English · Claude translation

For if you will go to the Vatican or to the Ostian Way, you will find the trophies of those who founded this church.”

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Source

Dindorf 4:82 · Wilhelm Dindorf, ed., Eusebii Caesariensis Opera, vol. 4: Historiae ecclesiasticae libri I–X (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871) · Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1871), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 4. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 4 (Teubner, 1871); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 1 (1890) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Extrabiblical texts

Gaius of Rome, Gaius, Dial. Procl. (Gaius of Rome, Gaius, Dialogue with Proclus (fragments)) · quotation, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

Quotation from Gaius, Dialogue with Proclus. “Trophies” (τρόπαια) are memorial monuments, probably over the graves.

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Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.25.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/25/7/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 2.25.7 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/2/25/7/).

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