Survey of life and thought during the first six centuries A.D., illustrated with more than 600 photographs and 42 six-color maps.

The church of the martyrs A.D. 30-313 : The fullness of time -- The first century -- The second century -- The third century -- The church of the empire A.D. 313-600 : The fourth century -- The fifth century -- The sixth century : the age of Justinian -- The outer provinces of the empire -- Church life from the fourth to the seventh century -- The fathers of the church and early Christian literature.