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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1774 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

301–400

The Fourth Century

1 work

384

Latin

The Third Relation

Relatio III

Quintus Aurelius Symmachus · c. 345 – c. 402

A prefect of Rome petitions the emperor to restore the altar of Victory to the senate house, speaking in the voice of Rome herself: this worship brought the world under our laws, and one road alone cannot lead to so great a mystery.

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