This book covers the legal position of Christianity in the Roman Empire from the birth of Jesus Christ to the times of Constantine the Great, when the Church finally became free. In this volume the relationship between the Christian Church and Imperial Rome is detailed with richly illustrated historical documents from the time of Emperor Septimius Severus to the death of Constantine the Great, the first Christian Emperor. Contents: The Nativity, the Star, the Crucifixion and Roman History; Paul, the Acts, and Imperial Rome; The Profession of Christianity Made Criminal; The Terror of Domitian; Renegades Reprieved; The Fairmindedness of Hadrian; Antoninum Pius, a Loyal Follower of His Father; Marcus Aurelius' Rule: An Era of Misfortunes; and Commodus, the Prodigal Son, and the Christians.