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23 08, 2017

Pliny, Trajan, and the Christians

By |2018-04-24T23:10:19-07:00August 23rd, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Pliny, Trajan, and the Christians

The Roman emperor Trajan (A.D. 98-117) in the Vatican. By the time that Trajan was the Roman Emperor, around 100 AD, Christianity was definitely illegal. We have some letters written by Pliny, the governor [...]

22 08, 2017

Nero and the Great Fire of Rome – Christianity

By |2017-08-22T16:54:57-07:00August 22nd, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Nero and the Great Fire of Rome – Christianity

The Roman emperor Nero In the reign of the Roman Emperor Nero, during the night between the 18th and the 19th of July, 64 AD, there was a great fire in the city of [...]

22 08, 2017

What did Manichaeans believe? – Christianity

By |2019-12-02T08:47:59-08:00August 22nd, 2017|Religion, West Asia|Comments Off on What did Manichaeans believe? – Christianity

Manichaean painting (Turfan, western China, ca. 900s AD) - Who were the Manichaeans? The prophet Mani in the Sassanian Empire In the 300s and 400s AD many Christians turned to believing in [...]

21 08, 2017

Domitian and the Christians – Roman religion

By |2017-08-21T21:31:22-07:00August 21st, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Domitian and the Christians – Roman religion

The Roman emperor Domitian, the last of the Flavian emperors After the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD, we don't hear anything definite about the Christians for forty years. There's nothing that's for sure [...]

21 08, 2017

Great Persecution – History of Christianity

By |2019-07-15T17:21:25-07:00August 21st, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Great Persecution – History of Christianity

The Roman emperor Diocletian, who organized the Great Persecution of Christians. (This statue would have been painted and not white.) Diocletian's policies The Roman Emperor Diocletian came to power in 284 AD. Diocletian [...]

21 08, 2017

Cyprian and the Decian Persecution – Christianity

By |2019-04-30T11:51:18-07:00August 21st, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Cyprian and the Decian Persecution – Christianity

Sacrifice certificate on papyrus from Oxyrhynchus, in Egypt, dating to the Decian persecution (about 3 inches wide) Rome celebrates 1000 Years About 249 AD, the situation of the Christians took a sharp turn for the worse. The [...]

21 08, 2017

Constantine becomes a Christian – History of religion

By |2019-04-22T20:04:16-07:00August 21st, 2017|Religion, Romans|Comments Off on Constantine becomes a Christian – History of religion

The Roman emperor Constantine becomes a Christian - the first Christian emperor Constantine becomes an Emperor In 312 AD, the Great Persecution was still going on in the Eastern part of the [...]

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