Lactantius
8 worksCalled the "Christian Cicero" for his elegant Latin prose. Tutor to Constantine's son.
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Fragments of Lactantius
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The Phoenix
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A Poem on the Passion of the Lord
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The Divine Institutes
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The Epitome of the Divine Institutes
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On the Anger of God
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On the Workmanship of God
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Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died
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