Thursday, December 15, 2011

Murphysboro Centuries, 4th secular

Maximinus Daia, 310-313
- was Diocletian's choice for Augustus in the east - continued Diocletian's persecution with greater severity - everyone, including infants, had to attend public sacrifice, eat some of the sacrificial animal, and be sprinkled with the blood - tried to turn paganism into something like the church
- fought against Licinus, outnumbered him 2-1 yet still lost - escaped and “punished” the pagan priest who had predicted his victory by rescinding the laws against the church and restoring the church's property

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