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Traditional attribution

Edict to the Assembly of Asia

Busto de Marco Aurelio (Louvre, MR 561)
byMarcus Aurelius

A rescript addressed to the provincial assembly of Asia forbidding Christians to be accused for their name alone and praising their piety in the face of earthquakes. It is also transmitted as an appendix to Justin's First Apology and is a key document for studying how Christian tradition built the image of favourable emperors.

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English

Authorship note

Of very doubtful authenticity. Eusebius (Ecclesiastical History IV.13) places it in the reign of Antoninus Pius, but the transmitted heading names Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; most scholars regard it as a Christian forgery or reworking.

Editions and translations

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English

  • Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, vol. I (Loeb Classical Library 153)

    Harvard University Press / Heinemann, 1926

    Translation: Kirsopp Lake

    Libro IV 13.

Other works by Marcus Aurelius

Sources

  • Eusebio de Cesarea. Historia eclesiástica, V 1–5. Trad. inglesa de Kirsopp Lake, Ecclesiastical History, vol. I, Loeb Classical Library 153. Londres: Heinemann, 1926; Tertuliano, Apologético 5.

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