Christians were treated under those laws.;The Method. The research method employed is to analyze those documents that claim to be reports of the trials of Christians. Using research theories and methods developed in Anthropology of Law, it is possible to reconstruct from these materials the cases...
Overall, Diocletian was a decent ruler and able to keep his system of rule together when Rome was under pressure from external enemies. What gets Diocletian included here, however, is his completely savage treatment of Christians. Christians had, for some time, been respected by most Romans and...
Dio’s treatment of the Dacian Wars is concise to say the least, and with only five words surviving of Trajan’s own account, we may never know the answer, even though it is quite possible the emperor wrote about it as well as agreeing to its presence on his column. Firstly there is...
In spite of the strong tradition supporting EENS, not all church fathers limit salvation to membership in the Church, or even to faith in Christ. For example, Justin Martyr (ca. 170) writes: “[Those] who lived according to reason [logos] were really Christians, even though they were tho...
Re. For a more expansive treatment and documen- tation, see Edward D. Re, The Roman Contribution to the Common Law, 29 FORDHAML. REVIEW447 (1961). **Chief Judge Emeritus, United States Court of International Law. Dis- tinguished Professor of Law, St. John's University School of Law. ...
It is well known that the Society's treatment of its priests by its leadership leaves much to be desired (just as in Newchurch, the bishops' treatment of their presbyters). In the United States, under the former district superior, a martinet with a vicious temper, the situation almost ...
Religious Persecution of Christians The religion of Christianity had been gathering in popularityand increasing in numbers in the years up to and including those of Diocletian’s time in power. Emperor Gallienus issued the first official declaration of tolerance with regard to the Christians in 259 ...
For a more detailed treatment of thericaandricinium, see Olson (2004–2005, 117–123). Fest. 368L; Paul ex. Fest. 369L:rica est vestimentum quadratum, fimbriatum, purpureum, quo flaminicae pro palliolo utebantur. Ricula: see Turp.Comm. 74 (aspexit virginem … in capite … indutam ri...
My memory fades on this, so I consulted DeepSeek: Okay, so I need to figure out what laws the ancient Romans had against spousal abuse and how historians view their treatment of wives who had affairs. Let me start by breaking this down. First, spousal abuse in ancient Rome. I remember...
of the Greek communities. The treatment of rituals was not a simple matter; it involved complex negotiations within the community, between ritual experts and the assembly, between communities, between a community and a confederation, and between a community and its gods (especially by means of ...