ABSTRACT
WE return to the general course of the history: we had reached the point where the edict of Gallienus (260) had begun a period of peace for the Church. During the second half of the century there was a more pronounced rest from persecution than there had been during the earlier half. This is not to say that there were not occasional executions, especially among the soldiery, as witness the martyrdom of Trophimus, a native of Antioch in Pisidia, c. 280. But the Church was now becoming too strong to be attacked by the weak emperors of the period. They had troubles enough and to spare on the frontiers and in Gaul.
