Editing Eusebius (section)

===Minor historical works===
Before he compiled his church history, Eusebius edited a collection of martyrdoms of the earlier period and a biography of Pamphilus. The martyrology has not survived as a whole, but it has been preserved almost completely in parts. It contained:
* an epistle of the congregation of [[Smyrna]] concerning the martyrdom of [[Polycarp]];
* the martyrdom of [[Pionius]];
* the martyrdoms of [[Carpus and Papylus|Carpus, Papylus]], and [[Carpus and Papylus|Agathonike]];
* the martyrdoms in the congregations of [[Vienne (department)|Vienne]] and [[Lyon]];
* the martyrdom of Apollonius.

Of the life of Pamphilus, only a fragment survives. A work on the [[martyrs of Palestine]] in the time of Diocletian was composed after 311; numerous fragments are scattered in legendaries which have yet to be collected. The life of Constantine was compiled after the death of the emperor and the election of his sons as Augusti (337). It is more a rhetorical eulogy on the emperor than a history but is of great value on account of numerous documents incorporated into it.