Home›Sources›Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book IIISourcesEusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book IIIWritten c. 325 CECitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book III." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/eusebius-ecclesiastical-history-book-iii.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book III. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/eusebius-ecclesiastical-history-book-iiiCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-eusebius-ecclesiastical-history-book-iii, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book III}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/eusebius-ecclesiastical-history-book-iii}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXBook III of Eusebius of Caesarea's Ecclesiastical History, written around 325 CE, the earliest surviving Christian source to describe Domitian as a persecutor of the church, drawing on the earlier writer Melito of Sardis.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested2The earliest surviving Christian source naming Domitian a persecutor, written roughly two and a half centuries after his death; valuable as the origin point of the later persecution tradition, but too distant from the events to serve as independent contemporary evidence for them.CitationAuthorWell-attestedEusebius of CaesareaPublisherWell-attestedWritten c. 325 CESource TypeWell-attestedprimary-textSourcesEusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book IIItier 2Eusebius of Caesarea, Written c. 325 CEClaims Backed By This Source (7 claims)This source backs 7 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Well-attested5SourcesEusebius, Ecclesiastical History, Book IIIScholarly debate1Religious EventsThe Domitianic Persecution of ChristiansGeneral References1Religious EventsThe Domitianic Persecution of ChristiansComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year