ABSTRACT
Among the literary sources, the wr itings of Eusebius of Caesarea (c. 260-339) are the most important. Eusebius’ History of the Church was published in its fourth and final edition c. 325, after the fall of Licinius in 324, but before the death of Crispus in 326. It has rightly been called a massive achievement and earned its author the title “father of church history.” On the occasion of Constantine’s tricennalia in 336 Eusebius delivered his oration In Praise of Constantine; On Christ’s Sepulchre, a description of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, produced in the previous year, is appended to this. The Life of Constantine, written after the emperor’s death in 337 and showing signs of being unfinished, is an encomium rather than a true biography. It is now generally recognized as the work of Eusebius.
