Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East

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The "Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East" were a series of harsh imperial decrees under Maximinus Daia that escalated the violent suppression of Christians in the eastern Roman Empire in the early 4th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman legal measures
anti-Christian legislation
imperial edicts
appliesTo Christians
linked to: Christian Church

eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire
characterizedBy coercive religious conformity
harsh penalties
state-sponsored violence
endedBy political changes after defeat of Maximinus Daia
follows earlier Diocletianic edicts against Christians
hasEffect confiscation of Christian property
destruction of Christian churches
forced participation in pagan sacrifices
imprisonment of Christian clergy
intensification of violence against Christians
martyrdom of Christians
hasLanguage Greek
Latin
hasLocation Asia Minor
Diocese of Oriens
linked to: Diocese of the East

Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire
Egypt
Palestine
Syria
hasPurpose to enforce traditional Roman religious practices
to escalate persecution of Christians
hasStartTime c. 311
hasTemporalLocation early 4th century
reign of Maximinus Daia
historicalContext Tetrarchic crisis
transition from Tetrarchy to Constantinian rule
issuedBy Maximinus Daia
legalForm imperial rescripts
public proclamations
mentionedIn Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History
Eusebius, Martyrs of Palestine
opposedBy Christian communities in the East
partOf Diocletianic persecution
precedes Edict of Milan
imperial toleration of Christianity
recordedBy Eusebius of Caesarea
relatedTo imperial cult
pagan priesthoods
targets Christian bishops
Christian clergy
Christian laity

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Maximinus Daia issuedEdict Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East