Constantine the Great (_see also_ Peace of the Church), 197, 369 Basilicas built by, to S. Agnes, 256-7 S. Paul, 237, 238 S. Peter, 233, 237-8, 273, 279-80, 282-3 Edict of Milan issued by, 150 Memoria built by, to S. Laurence, 250 Corinth, Epistles to, of S. Clement, S. Ignatius, S. Paul, and Pope Soter, _see under_ Epistles Literary support from, of Petrine tradition, 10, 13 SS. Peter and Paul at, 10 Cornelius, Bishop or Pope, of Rome, and martyr, tomb of, 243; discovery of, 246 on Almsgiving by the Roman Church, 105, 120; on the number of the Christians at Rome, 105, 106 Council, the, of Jerusalem, 8 “Couples,” the, and the oral Law, 339, 340 Crassus, Consul, 56 Creation legends in “Book of Jubilees,” 377-8 Cremation, not practised by Jews, 4 Crescentius, martyr, tomb of, 266 Cross on S. Peter’s sarcophagus, 282-3 Cruelty, Pagan and Christian, Rutilius on, 159 Crusaders, Itineraries for, 210, 227 Crypts, famous, _see_ Acilii Glabriones Lucina, Papal, Platonia, Prætextatus, SS. Cecilia, Januarius, Priscilla, Silanus, _&c._ Age of, how determined, 267 Identification of, by De Rossi, 225, 230 _& n._ 1, 242 Local indications of presence of, 228-9 Cureton, Canon, and the Ignatian Epistles, 173 _n._ 1 Cyprus, Zealot revolt in, 334-5 Cyrene, Jews of, 346; revolt of, 334-5 Cyrinus, martyr, tomb of, 243 Damasus, Pope, 263, 272, 301 Epistle of, honouring S. Felicitas, 259 Inscriptions of, aid of, to Catacomb explorers, 229-30; one _cited_ on many martyrs buried together, 215 _& n._ 1 and the Martyrs at tomb of SS. Chrysanthus and Daria, 261 Work of, in the Catacombs, decoration, inscriptions, and epitaphs, 152 _n._ 1, 215 _& n._ 1, 229-30, 249, 252, 275, 291-2, 296 _n._ 1, 297, 302, 305 Daniel, the prophet, and Idol-worship, 149 Book of, _cited_ on Almsgiving, 121 David, King, 352 Dead, burying of, by Early Christians, 120, 131-3, 264 Death, Christian attitude to, 154-5, 309, 311 Pagan attitude to, 59 _n._ 1, 83, 313-4 De Boissier, --, on Pliny’s letter, 46; on the School for Martyrdom, 198 _n._ 1 De Broglie, --, on Toleration shown by early Christian teachers, 142-3 De Champagny, --, on Hadrian’s character, 77 _n._ 1; on number of Jews destroyed in the last wars, 338 _& n._ 2 Decius Aurelius, Emperor, persecutions under, 40, 97, 163 _n._ 2, 250, 254; martyrs in, 236; reason for, 194 Decoration of Catacombs, evidence from, and teaching of, 225, 267, 268, 269, 292, 301-2, 308 _et seq._; portraits among, 296; value of, to explorers, 229 Deissmann, Prof., on the Epistles, as written for publication, 71 Deities associated with Rome, 87, 89