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3 days ago · Emperor Trajan corresponded with Pliny the Younger on the subject of how to deal with the Christians of Pontus. The theologian Edward Burton wrote that this correspondence shows there were no laws condemning Christians at that time.
3 days ago · During the period of peace that followed the Dacian war, Trajan exchanged letters with Pliny the Younger on how best to deal with the Christians of Pontus. Trajan told Pliny to continue prosecutions of Christians if they merited that, but not to accept anonymous or malicious denunciations.
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1 day ago · Around 112, Pliny, the governor of Bithynia–Pontus, was sent long lists of denunciations of Christians by anonymous citizens, which Emperor Trajan advised him to ignore. In Lyon in 177, it was only the intervention of civil authorities that stopped a pagan mob from dragging Christians from their houses and beating them to death.
Jul 3, 2024 · Roman Provincial Coinage of Bithynia and Pontus during the Reign of Trajan (98-117 AD) by Barbara Zając analyzes a chronologically and geographically well-defined numismatic corpus while touching upon broader issues of the persistence of local culture and tradition in the Roman double-province from a numismatic perspective.
3 days ago · Emperor Trajan's persecution was sporadically enforced; Christians were associated with all other groups whose allegiance were suspect. When found, Christians were executed but were not actively hunted.
Jun 29, 2024 · Pliny: Relation to Larger Context. - Compared to later forms of Christian prosecution, their attitude seems lax... they are not actively hunting down Christians, but they do see them as a threat to traditional beliefs and to the state. Trajan: Who. - Letter written by Trajan, Roman Emperor.
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