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Rome and the Christians
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Nero’s Persecutions
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Besides being put to death [the Christians] were made to serve as objects of amusement; they were clad in the hides of beast and torn to death by dogs; others were crucified, others set on fire to serve to illuminate the night when daylight failed.
Nero had thrown open his grounds for the display, and was putting on a show in the circus, where he drove about in his chariot. All this gave rise to a feeling of pity, even toward men whose guilt merited the most exemplary punishment; for it was felt that they were being destroyed not for the public good but to satisfy the cruelty of an individual.
Nero’s Persecutions
Publius Cornelius TacitusRoman Historian
(AD 56 – 117)
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Martyrdoms of Peter & Paul
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Persecution during the Pax
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Martyrdoms ofPerpetua & Felicity
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Age of Confrontation
Diocletian(284-305)
Valerian(253-260)
Decius(249-251)
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• All citizens must sacrifice to the emperor in the presence of a Roman official and receive a certificate as proof...
• Called a “libellus”…only 44 survive
• This is one in Greek to a woman and her daughter from a village in Egypt
Edict of Decius (250 AD)
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Valerian the Footstool
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Diocletian’s“Great Persecution”
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Constantine the Great
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Battle of Milvian Bridge
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Edict of Milan
313 AD
Agreed by Constantine and Licinius (co-emperor)
Gave Christians and “others” the right to worship freely
Mandated the return of property that had been previously confiscated
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Constantine’s Legacy
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Theodosius I
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St. Ambrose and Theodosius I