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Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire

  • Theodosius IThe year 347 marked the birth of a boy in Hispania who would one day command the Roman legions. His father, Theodosius the Elder, served as a high-ranking…
  • MithraismThe first known monument showing Mithras killing a bull appears in Rome, dedicated by an official named Alcimus around the year 101 CE.
  • ParthenonIn 447 BC, the Athenian state launched a massive building project on the Acropolis to replace an older sanctuary destroyed by Persian invaders thirty years…