The title is necessarily condensed. The word "conversion" would be understood rather as "transformation" of ancient culture, which Tertullian participates culture and Christian commitment. Tertullian is located in the Latin world, to the exact articulation of two mentalities that clash again.
Jean Claude Fredouille offers us, in a neat handwriting, fun to read, the result of his doctoral thesis, defended in 1971, with the guidance and support of big names in the Latin culture in France, such as Jacques Fontaine, René Braun, Andre Mandouze.