Church History 8.17.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Greek text · Dindorf 4:379

Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ Γαλέριος Οὐαλέριος Μαξιμῖνος, ἀνίκητος, σεβαστὸς, ἀρχιερεὺς μέγιστος, Γερμανικὸς μέγιστος, Αἰγυπτιακὸς μέγιστος, Θηβαι·κὸς μέγιστος, Σαρματι- “κὸς μέγιστος πεντάκις, Περσῶν μέγιστος δὶς, Καρ- “πῶν μέγιστος ἑξάκις, Ἀρμενίων μέγιστος, Μηδῶν μέγιστος, Ἀδιαβηνῶν μέγιστος, δημαρχικῆς ἐξου- “σίας τὸ εἰκοστὸν, αὐτοκράτωρ τὸ ἐννεακαιδέκατον “ὕπατος τὸ ὄγδοον, πατὴρ πατρίδος, ἀνθύπατος· “

English · Claude translation

[Edict of Galerius:] “The Emperor Caesar Galerius Valerius Maximinus, Invincible, Augustus, Pontifex Maximus, greatest conqueror of the Germans, greatest conqueror of the Egyptians, greatest conqueror of the Thebans, five times greatest conqueror of the Sarmatians, twice greatest conqueror of the Persians, six times greatest conqueror of the Carpi, greatest conqueror of the Armenians, greatest conqueror of the Medes, greatest conqueror of the Adiabenians, holding the tribunician power for the twentieth time, acclaimed imperator for the nineteenth time, consul for the eighth time, father of the fatherland, proconsul;

About this passage

Source

Dindorf 4:379 · 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

Lactantius, Mort. 34 (On the Deaths of the Persecutors) · echo, high confidence

Topics

Persecution

Notes

Translation notes

The edict of toleration was issued by Galerius in April 311; Eusebius gives a Greek translation of the Latin (compare Lactantius, On the Deaths of the Persecutors 34). The name Maximinus in this text stands for Galerius's name Maximianus.

Notes on the original text

Digital text corrected (repeated words in the digital text): Αἰγυπτιακὸς μέγιστος, Αἰγυπτιακὸς μέγιστος, → Αἰγυπτιακὸς μέγιστος,.

Cite this passage

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 8.17.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/8/17/3/).

Plain text

Eusebius, Hist. eccl. 8.17.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-historia/8/17/3/).