pNobody will blame me for placing hereampnbspthe touching history of these Martyrs. Itampnbspillustrates the period of history we are nowampnbspconsidering and sheds light on the precedingampnbsptreatise. I can hardly read it without tears and itampnbspought to make us love ampldquothe noble army ofampnbspmartyrs.amprdquo I think Tertullian was the editor of theampnbspstory not its author. Felicitas is mentioned byampnbspname in the De Anima and the closingampnbspparagraph of this memoir is quite in his style. Toampnbspthese words I need only add that Dr. Routh whoampnbspunfortunately decided not to reedit it ascribesampnbspthe first edition to Lucas Holstenius.ppPerpetua and Felicitas sufferedampnbspmartyrdom in the reign of Septimius Severusampnbspabout the year 202 A.D. Tertullian mentionsampnbspPerpetua and a further clue to the date is givenampnbspin the allusion to the birthday of ampldquoGeta theampnbspCampaeligsaramprdquo the son of Septimius Severus. There isampnbsptherefore good reason for rejecting the opinionampnbspheld by some that they suffered under Valerianampnbspand Gallienus. Some think that they suffered atampnbspTuburbium in Mauritania but the more generalampnbspopinion is that Carthage was the scene of theirampnbspmartyrdom.p