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The Decian persecution of Christians occurred in 250 AD under the Roman Emperor Decius. He had issued an edict ordering everyone in the Empire to perform a sacrifice to the Roman gods and the well-being of the emperor.
Decius was a Roman emperor (249–251) who fought the Gothic invasion of Moesia and instituted the first organized persecution of Christians throughout the empire. Although Decius’s origins are not known, it is certain that he was a senator and a consul before acceding to the throne.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 8, 2023 · Under Decius’s rule, Christians throughout the empire suffered terribly. This, which John Foxe listed as the seventh of the great Roman persecutions, is known as the Decian persecution. It began in AD 250 when the emperor decreed mandatory participation in a supplicatio.
The Decian persecution was the first organized persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire and served as the basis for the Diocletianic Persecution, the last major persecution of Christians in the Empire.
- September 249 – June 251
- Ancient Roman religion
Mar 14, 2012 · In A.D. 249 the emperor Trajan Decius issued an edict requiring the inhabitants of the Roman Empire to sacrifice to the gods. With this decree, he also inaugurated the first empire-wide persecution of Christians.
- J. B. Rives
- 1999
Feb 12, 2014 · Unfortunately for Emperor Decius, he is remembered more for his persecution of the Christians than his military campaigns. Although Christians were not specifically named in any of the imperial edicts, it was evident for whom they were intended.
THE DECREE OF DECIUS AND THE RELIGION OF EMPIRE* By J. B. RIVES In A.D. 249 the emperor Trajan Decius issued an edict requiring the inhabitants of the Roman Empire to sacrifice to the gods. With this decree, he also inaugurated the first empire-wide persecution of Christians. Previously, persecutions of Christians had
