Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East

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Roman legal measures anti-Christian legislation imperial edicts

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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Label	Occurrences
Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman legal measures ⓘ anti-Christian legislation ⓘ imperial edicts ⓘ
appliesTo	Christians NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Diocese of Oriens NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalForm	imperial rescripts ⓘ public proclamations ⓘ
mentionedIn	Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History NERFINISHED ⓘ Eusebius, Martyrs of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
opposedBy	Christian communities in the East ⓘ
partOf	Diocletianic persecution NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Edict of Milan NERFINISHED ⓘ imperial toleration of Christianity ⓘ
recordedBy	Eusebius of Caesarea NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	imperial cult ⓘ pagan priesthoods ⓘ
targets	Christian bishops ⓘ Christian clergy ⓘ Christian laity ⓘ

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Description of subject: 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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Maximinus Daia → issuedEdict → Edicts intensifying Diocletianic persecution in the East ⓘ