Irenaeus  (Lyons) - studied under Polycarp
Clement of Alexandria
Tertullian of Carthage
Origen (born in Alexandria)

Works by the Early "Church Fathers"
Other works by "Church Fathers"
Early Christian Writings
Patristic Source Texts in English
Myriobiblos Library

Persecutions

Nero (54-68) - 64: cannibals, athiests, incestuous, treasonous (wouldn’t worship Emperor), prayed for king but not to, worshiped “criminal” so must be criminals
Domitian (81-96)
Trajan (98-117)
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius (161-180)
Septimius Severus
Thrax
Decius (249-251)
Valerian I (253-260)
Diocletian (284-305)
       Maximianus, Galerius, Severus, Constantius

Heresies

Docetism

Gnosticism
Marcion