SOC250Y1 Lecture : lecture notes
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The romans regarded their empire as a gift from god. When a society goes under stress and trouble, they think that these things are brought about because they have lost tradition. Decian believes this and starts to build more temples and sends a message all other habitants of the empire must make sacrifices to the gods and get a certificate that they have done this. How do you think the christian members of the. They thought that this was an offence, idolatry. Christians were called upon to say that they were followers of christ, they were not supposed to hide it. The non christian population, whenever a disaster struck they thought the christians were responsible. majority of christians went down to the temples and made sacrifices, and those whom had money bribed the officials for a certificate. Decian then died in battle, the persecutions then started to die out.
