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5 days ago · In the winter of 302, Galerius urged Diocletian to begin a general persecution of the Christians. Diocletian was wary and asked the oracle at Didyma for guidance. The oracle's reply was read as an endorsement of Galerius's position, and a general persecution was called on February 23, 303.
3 days ago · The Augustus Diocletian ( r. 283–305) began the Diocletianic persecution, the final general persecution of Christians, which continued to be enforced in parts of the empire until the Augustus Galerius ( r. 310–313) issued the Edict of Serdica and the Augustus Maximinus Daia ( r. 310–313) died.
5 days ago · His father, however, was not, as some have maintained, a “closet-Christian” — and, worse, Galerius made up for Constantius’ diffidence on Christianity with all-out full-bore persecutions. It’s worth noting that this list is incomplete on a number of levels.
4 days ago · The Diocletianic Persecution (303–312), the empire's last, largest, and bloodiest official persecution of Christianity, failed to eliminate Christianity in the empire. After 324, Christianity became the empire's preferred religion under Constantine.
May 10, 2024 · In the meantime, Galerius fell ill and entered a long period of agony. His last political act was the proclamation on April 30, 311 of an edict of tolerance, the Edict of Sardikus, putting an end to Diocletian's persecutions. The last defender of the Tetrarchy, his death in May 311 marked its end.
2 days ago · She lived during a time of Christian persecution under the reign of Emperor Diocletian. In the year 302, the emperor resolved to wipe out Christianity. While Agnes was growing up, in 303, Diocletian along with his co-ruler Galerius called for the destruction of churches and the burning of books.
May 11, 2024 · Roman Persecutions in the Second and Third Centuries. The brutal Roman persecutions lasted for three hundred years. The most severe persecutions in the second and third centuries were those under Trajan (A.D. 98–117), Septimius Severus (A.D. 193–211), Maximinus Thrax (A.D. 235–238), and Diocletian (A.D. 284–305).
