ABSTRACT
Perpetua's baptism while she was under house arrest marked a turning point. She and her companions had directly violated Septimius's edict against conversion, which freed the proconsul to bring charges. A few days after the baptism, Revocatus, Felicitas, Saturninus, Secundus, and Perpetua were moved from house arrest to prison. The prison was probably next to the residence of the governor on the Byrsa hill in the center of Carthage. 1 The account of another martyr, Pionius, who was executed in Carthage at the end of the third century, describes the location of the prison in more detail. The account tells how the martyrs were arrested, led through the forum through the eastern entrance, and taken to the adjacent jail. 2
