Disc 1: The Christian conquest of Rome -- Pagan religions in the Roman world -- Judaism in the Roman world -- Christianity in the ROman world: an overview -- The life and teachings of Jesus -- The beginning of Christianity -- disc 2: The earliest Christian missions -- The conversion of Paul -- Paul: the apostle of the Gentiles -- The Christian mission to the Jews -- Early Christianities -- Reasons for Christianity's success -- disc 3: Miraculous incentives for conversion -- The exponential growth of the Church -- Early opposition to the Christian message -- Imperial persecution of the early Christians -- Early Christian apologists -- Major imperial persecutions of Christian -- disc 4: The conversion of COnstantine -- Did Constantine really convert? -- Constantine's interactions with the Church -- Imperial Christianity after Constantine -- The beginnings of a Christian Roman Empire -- The triumph of Christianity: gains and losses.