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Life of Constantine

Eusebius of Caesarea, NPNF II.1

Book 2, 43. How the Enactments of Constantine Were Carried into Effect

Such were the injunctions contained in the first letter which the emperor addressed to us. And the provisions of this enactment were speedily carried into effect, everything being conducted in a manner quite different from the atrocities which had but lately been daringly perpetrated during the cruel ascendancy of the tyrants. Those persons also who were legally entitled to it, received the benefit of the emperor’s liberality.