Great Persecution of Christians

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:affectedArea	gptkb:Western_Roman_Empire gptkb:Eastern_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Diocletianic_Persecution
gptkbp:co-initiatedBy	gptkb:Emperor_Galerius
gptkbp:endDate	gptkb:Edict_of_Milan 313
gptkbp:followedBy	legalization of Christianity
gptkbp:historicalSource	gptkb:Eusebius_of_Caesarea gptkb:Lactantius
gptkbp:launched	gptkb:Emperor_Diocletian
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Roman_Empire
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Saint_George gptkb:Saint_Agnes gptkb:Saint_Lucy gptkb:Saint_Sebastian
gptkbp:notableOpposer	gptkb:Constantine_the_Great gptkb:Constantius_Chlorus
gptkbp:precededBy	local persecutions of Christians
gptkbp:relatedGroup	gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:saint gptkb:Edict_of_Serdica gptkb:Edict_of_Toleration_by_Galerius Roman imperial policy on religion
gptkbp:resultedIn	demolition of churches destruction of Christian scriptures imprisonment of Christian clergy martyrdom of many Christians
gptkbp:significance	last and most severe persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
gptkbp:startDate	303
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Nicomedia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Persecution of Christians