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2 days ago · "Roman Hall of Justice", Young Folks' History of Rome, 1878 Reasons. A. N. Sherwin-White records that serious discussion of the reasons for Roman persecution of Christians began in 1890 when it produced "20 years of controversy" and three main opinions: first, there was the theory held by most French and Belgian scholars that "there was a general enactment, precisely formulated and valid for ...
- Diocletianic Persecution
In the East, the persecution was officially discontinued on...
- Edict of Milan
Bust of Emperor Constantine I, Roman, 4th century. The Edict...
- Diocletianic Persecution
3 days ago · Death by burning. Death by burning is an execution, murder, or suicide method involving combustion or exposure to extreme heat. It has a long history as a form of public capital punishment, and many societies have employed it as a punishment for and warning against crimes such as treason, heresy, and witchcraft.
4 days ago · 11 Roman Rulers Who Tried to Destroy Christianity (and Failed) Carl Theodor von Piloty, “Nero Views the Burning of Rome,” ca. 1861 (photo: Public Domain) “It is a persistent evil to persecute a man who belongs to the grace of God,” said the martyr St. Cyprian of Carthage. “It is a calamity without remedy to hate the happy.”
1 day ago · Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula ( / kəˈlɪɡjʊlə / ), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus ' granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire.
4 days ago · History is written by victors. The worst gossip about Nero’s reign is all about sexual excess. It reads like a National Enquirer ‘10 In A Bed Roman Romp!’ headline, or a footballers’ wives’ scandal. Some of it rings true, while some is obviously a hatchet job by the historian Suetonius.
4 days ago · Nero was only 16 years old when he inherited Rome in 54 A.D., and teenage leaders are generally bad news, whether at a drive-thru or on the throne. Nero was an exceptionally exemplary case: His ...
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3 days ago · Caesar’s gens (clan) name, Julius (Iulius), is also familiar in the Christian world, for in Caesar’s lifetime the Roman month Quintilis, in which he was born, was renamed “ July ” in his honour. This name has survived, as has Caesar’s reform of the calendar. The old Roman calendar was inaccurate and manipulated for political purposes.
