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4 days ago · Like Trajan, he was of Spanish descent (and perhaps Trajan’s cousin) and famous for his wall in northern Britain. Hadrian kept Trajan’s policy on Christians in place — there was no active house-to-house hunting out of them, but those who flouted the norms of the Roman polytheistic belief-system were persecuted.
3 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 ...
1 day ago · The vídeo provides a concise overview of Trajan's reign as Roman emperor, highlighting his military conquests, architectural achievements, and economic prosp...
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5 days ago · In the year 107 A.D., the Roman Empire, under the reign of Emperor Trajan, basked in the glory of unparalleled prosperity and power. Trajan's rule symbolized the pinnacle of Roman grandeur, as the empire expanded to encompass a vast expanse of two million square miles, stretching from the shores of Britannia to the deserts of Syria.
1 day ago · Found in the Agora of Athens. National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great ( r. 306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina ( Jerusalem ), when he destroyed a pagan temple for the purpose of constructing a Christian church. [1]
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4 days ago · A persecution of Christians at Kirkuk is recorded in Shapur's first decade, though most persecution happened after 341. At war with the Roman emperor Constantius II (r. 337–361), Shapur imposed a tax to cover the war expenditure, and Shemon Bar Sabbae, the Bishop of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, refused to collect it.
3 days ago · St. Sylvester was the first Pope of Rome to reign entirely under the liberty of the Church, guaranteed by the Edict of Milan in 313. Sylvester - a priest of Rome and the son of one Rufinus, according to the Liber pontificalis - was elected to the See of Peter in 314. During Sylvester’s reign, the city began its transition into its Christian ...
