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    Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great (r. 306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina...
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    This led to persecution of pagans by the Christian authorities and populace after its institution as the state religion. The Roman Empire typically tolerated...
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    graeca Martyrdom of Polycarp New-martyr Scillitan Martyrs Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire According to Richardson, "The confusion between...
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  • The persecution of pagans under Theodosius I began in 381, after the first couple of years of his reign as co-emperor in the eastern part of the Roman...
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    the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. Ammonius of Alexandria comments on its closure, perhaps as early as 407 CE, or no later than the mid...
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    thought on persecution and tolerance Mos maiorum Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire Persecution of pagans under Theodosius I Religion in ancient...
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    Mithraism (redirect from Cult of Mithras)
    (p 147) In the 4th century, Mithraists faced persecution from Christians, and the religion was subsequently suppressed and eliminated in the Roman Empire by...
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    dedicated in AD 32. The temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire in a campaign against the temples of the East...
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    in late antiquity during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The public buildings uncovered at the city site of Salamis date to the post-Classical...
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    Theodosius II, during the Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, decreed in 435 that all pagan temples in the Eastern Roman Empire be closed. It is debated...
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  • Agora (film) (category Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire)
    and Hypatia and the pagans take refuge in the Library of the Serapeum. The Christian siege of the library ends when an envoy of the Roman Emperor Theodosius...
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  • and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy...
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    instrumental in establishing the creed of Nicaea as the orthodox doctrine for Christianity. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule the entire Roman Empire before...
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    still in use by the 4th-century, it would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The sanctuary was discovered in 1969...
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    have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The name "Temple of Neptune" is a misnomer from the 18th century, it is now...
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    The Temple of Apollo, also known as Apollonion, (Greek: Ἀπολλώνιον, romanized: Apollṓnion) was a major part of the Panhellenic religious sanctuary located...
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    391 (although the date is debated). According to Wace, The Serapeum was the last stronghold of the pagans who fortified themselves in the temple and its...
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    individual pagans.: 74  Just as persecution of Christians had been sporadic, actions against pagans were also sporadic.: 74, 75  Lives were lost around the imperial...
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    built in the early 4th century BC. If still in use by the 4th century AD, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman...
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    as pagans, which attributed to their genocide and forced conversions. Some notable examples are the Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, Christianisation...
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    Delphi (modern town) (category Municipalities of Central Greece)
    resulted in the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. The anti-pagan legislation of the Flavian dynasty deprived ancient sanctuaries of their assets...
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    the Thesmophoria and the Haloa. The office could not have survived the ban of all non-Christian priesthoods during the persecution of pagans in the late...
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    during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. Discovery of the Hermonian temples in rural villages began in the 19th century, with surveys...
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  • In historiography, the Later Roman Empire traditionally spans the period from 284 (Diocletian's proclamation as emperor) to 641 (death of Heraclius) in...
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    the statue was felt to be one of the Pignora Imperii, or pledges of imperium, of Ancient Rome. The temple was closed during the persecution of pagans...
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  • became the bishop of Mytilene. As part of the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, the Alexandrian school was investigated by the Roman imperial...
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    embassies. By the end of the 4th century, the temple would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire, when the Christian...
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    century, it would have been closed during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. List of Ancient Roman temples Cohen, H. (1883). Description...
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    environment of intolerance and persecution of pagans. During the reign of Theodosius, pagans were continuously appointed to prominent positions, and pagan aristocrats...
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  • In the late Roman Empire, it was preceded by a period of persecutions under Emperor Constantius II and was followed by those of Emperor Gratian. The attempt...
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