THEO 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Council Of Chalcedon, Nestorius, Galerius
14 Sep 2016
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The persecution of christians by the roman emperor diocletian (303-305 ad) included: Arrests of heads of churches they would be released if they consented to libations and sacrifices (a test to detect christians) Persecution continued until 312 ad, even after diocletian was no longer emperor. Right: etching from the martyrs mirror, persecution by emperors diocletian and. Maximus, 301 ad (source: copyright 2008, bethel college, ks) (click on image to enlarge) Licinius, in full valerius licinianus licinius (died 325), was roman emperor from. He was elevated to the rank of augustus (in 308) by his friend. Galerius hoped to have him rule the west, but since italy, africa, and spain were held by the usurper maxentius, while. Constantine reigned in gaul and britain, licinius had to content himself with ruling pannonia. When galerius died in 311, licinius took over galerius" Licinius added the entire eastern half of the empire to his dominion.
