Tertullian – To Scapula (ancient letter to)
This writing, which gives valuable clues to times and circumstances, was written around 215 AD. It is addressed to Scapula (likely Scapula Tertullus), Proconsul of Africa, who had begun persecuting Christians. Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (Tertullian), an early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa, attempts to convince Scapula that persecution of