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| | Decius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Early in 250 Decius issued the edict for the suppression of Christianity as a disruptive force and exploiting popular hostility as a means of unifying the Empire, and the "Decian persecution" famous to Christians began. | | | The invasion of the Goths and the death of Decius put an end to the abortive attempt. | | | During his brief reign, Decius engaged in important operations against the Goths, who crossed the Danube to raid districts of Moesia and Thrace. |
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| | Decius |
| | The religious edicts of Decius did not actually discriminate against Christians in particular. | | | This reaffirmation of traditional Roman beliefs however was also responsible for what Decius' rule is most remembered for; - persecution of the Christians. | | | He did as he was bid in very short time, proving himself a very able leader. |
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http://www.roman-empire.net/decline/decius.html
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| | Roman Emperors - DIR Trajan Decius |
| | Decius retreated with what troops he had left and joined Gallus. | | | Prior to the discovery of the "libelli" it was assumed that Decius' decree applied only to Christians or perhaps people suspected of being Christians. | | | Shortly before his arrival, Marinus was killed and local troops quickly named Decius emperor, encouraging him to assert this newfound responsibility in a war against Philip. |
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http://www.roman-emperors.org/decius.htm
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| | Princeton Public Library - catelist™ - Mysteries |
| | Decius Caecilius Metellus the Younger was convinced a conspiracy existed to overthrow the government-a sinister cabal that could only be destroyed from within. | | | Intrigued, Decius requests and is given permission by the Egyptian Pharaoh to investigate the heinous crime. | | | And when the corpse of a famous courtesan mysteriously turns up in his bed, Decius suddenly finds himself entangled in a web of conspiracy far more widespread and dangerous than he ever imagined-one that threatens to bring about the downfall of the entire Empire. |
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http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/catelists/200503/Mysteries/37.html
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| | Roman Imperial Coins of 249-253 |
| | However, the worst of the political upheaval died down before Decius arrived when a rebel leader, Pacatian, was killed by his own men. | | | Jordanes also had an agenda: Jordanes was a Christian and a descendant of the Goths, and by his own words we know that the purpose of his writing was to advance Christianity. | | | According to Jordanes' account of the period 249-253 A.D, Decius, as Senator, attempts to repel the Goths marauding in Thrace and Moesia, but when he fails he blames his own men for the defeat and releases them from service. |
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http://www.sonic.net/~rbeale/mysite/roman_imperial_coins_of_249253.htm
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| | SPQR IX: The Princess and the Pirates (Spqr) |
| | As Decius investigates world trade, the island history, and the new kind of piracy plaguing the waters, he is finding connections more menacing than he had ever imagined possible. | | | While Decius is attempting to suppress this new batch of pirates, the governor of Cyprus is murdered. | | | In Cyprus, Decius finds Roman bureaucrats, busy looting the country, Greek merchants seeking their fortunes, a temple that claims to be the birthplace of the goddess Aphrodite herself, and a woman who enjoys sensual delights just a little too much. |
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| | Trajan Decius |
| | Decius was responsible for an intense persecution of the Christians during his reign. | | | Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus were killed. | | | He had at first been surprised by the gothic king Cniva, who had attacked the Roman army' camp in A. Decius and his army were later lured by the Goths into a battle on swampy ground and defeated. |
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| | Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 948 (v. 1) |
| | Decius and his troops, envious of the happiness which the inhabitants of Rhegium enjoyed,.and remembering the impunity with which the Mamertines had carried out their disgraceful scheme, formed a most diabolical plan. | | | On his appearance, the troops deeming their guilt beyond forgiveness, offered the envoy the choice of death or of the throne. | | | Decius put an end to himself in his prison at Rome. |
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| | The Golden Legend or Lives Of The Saints |
| | Eutropius nevertheless affirmeth and saith that, Decius moving persecution against Christian men, among other he slew the blessed Laurence, deacon and martyr. | | | And then he commanded that he should be unbounden and enclosed in the prison of Hippolitus. | | | Then Valerianus in the presence of Decius said: What variest thou in many things? |
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http://www.aug.edu/augusta/iconography/goldenLegend/lawrence.htm
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| | Decius |
| | The persecution was occasioned partly by the hatred he bore to his predecessor Philip, who was deemed a Christian and was partly by his jealousy concerning the amazing increase of Christianity; the heathen temples began to be forsaken, and the Christian churches thronged. | | | He regarded Christians as most dangerous and set out a deliberate policy to root out the menace to the state. | | | Decius published an edict of general proscription aimed at destroying Christianity once and for all. |
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| | Chat Excerp by Decius |
| | Decius: is not supposed to lose hope, ever, because of this very conversation. | | | Decius: and this is what is forgotten, whenever hope is lost. | | | She will, most definitely, feel as if the entire world is treacherous... |
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http://www.captaincynic.com/article/274/chat_excerp.htm
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| | ChurchRodent: Persecution |
| | A general from the Danubian frontier, Decius was determined to have no nonsense from Christians. | | | To direct the hatred of the people away from him, Nero blamed the fire on the Christians, thus sparking an intense, bloody persecution, probably resulting in the martyrdom of Peter and Paul. | | | This persecution ended in 252 when Decius was killed battling the Goths. |
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http://tatumweb.com/churchrodent/terms/persecution.htm
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| | "Senator Decius...all of you...raise valid points." -- Cybertronian Senate Grand Meeting Hall |
| | Embyr sat once more, on the verge of a collapse she was too proud to allow any to notice. | | | "As Decius already eloquently stated, we do not know the NATURE of this menace. | | | As she sheathed her blade and her hoverchair ensconced her securely once more, all she could think about was the four blips on the table before her and how she, the knight, and the others, would have once been the first deployed. |
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| | Roman Emperors - DIR Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian |
| | Decius' alleged persecution of Christianity attracted little notice outside of Christian circles, nor is there any clear information connecting Herennius and Hostilian to these religious policies. | | | By the end of his reign, Decius had elevated his son to the rank of Augustus, a distinction which Hostilian never enjoyed while his father and brother lived. | | | As with many third century emperors, much of the extant material on Trajan Decius and his sons is late and unreliable. |
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| | Decius (249 - 251 AD) |
| | This Priscus appears to have been the governor of Moesia, and he seized his chance to attack Decius by making an alliance with the Goths. | | | Decius' edict on sacrifices is certainly the best known of his actions, this is because it had the coincidental effect of causing serious divisions within the Christian Church. | | | Decius himself may not have been conscious of any of this. |
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http://www.umich.edu/~classics/programs/class/cc/372/sibyl/en/Decius.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Decius |
| | Belief in the freedom on conscience and the higher estimate of religion found among the Christians could find no part in such schemes as those of Decius and would necessarily prove an insuperable obstacle to the complete realization of his plans. | | | The text of his edicts has not survived but their general tenor can be judged from the manner in which they were executed. | | | He was the first of the great soldier-emperors from the Danubian provinces under whom the senatorial regime ended and the government became an absolute monarchy. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04666a.htm
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| | WILLA DECJUSZA W KRAKOWIE |
| | Her house soon became the leading salon in the city, the mainstay of patriotism and Polish character. | | | Through his positions as secretary, bookkeeper and trusted deputy, Decius quickly became a consummate diplomat, practised financier and a highly positioned royal dignitary. | | | The daughter of Michał Radziwiłł and Emilia née Worcelli, she was raised in Vienna, where she began her musical studies under Carl Czerny. |
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| | CaliberMod.com |
| | He could feel nothing besides utter hatred for the treachery of his brother. | | | Part of Decius’ prophecy soon came true, his brother did indeed pay: he was bitten by an assassin while in the great capital of Constantinople. | | | Decius saw a light, and felt the most terrible pain he had ever felt in his life. |
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| | Hostilian_1 |
| | He began a ferocious persecution of the Christians late in 249. | | | Decius was killed, either by a hail of arrows, or, according to some sources, he simply drowned in the bog. | | | In early 249 Decius left for the Danube and restored order within six months, whereupon his legions declared him Augustus. |
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| | Drawn by the Brush: Oil Sketches by Peter Paul Rubens |
| | He then threw himself into battle and was killed. | | | The Decius Mus series was the first of his large tapestry series. | | | The story of Decius Mus is told by Livy (8.6, 9-10). |
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| | Joseph Addison: Cato (Act Two) |
| | Nay more, though Cato's voice was ne'er employ'd To clear the guilty, and to varnish crimes, Myself will mount the rostum in his favour, And strive to gain his pardon from the people. | | | Fathers, this moment, as I watch'd the gates Lodg'd on my post, a herald is arrived From Caesar's camp, and with him comes old Decius, The Roman knight; he carries in his looks Impatience, and demands to speak with Cato. | | | Decius was once my friend, but other prospects Have loosed those ties, and bound him fast to Caesar. |
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| | Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.10.22 |
| | concerning Christians] issued by Decius and Valerian" (p.13). | | | And he further deduces that the only possible occasion for these actions was Decius' accession: "Thus it seems Decius promulgated his edict of sacrifice within the wider scope of his accession as emperor in the period from September to December 249" (p.33). | | | And the fact that such ceremonies were still being held in July 250 -- some ten months after Decius' accession -- must render the significance of the phrase "within the wider scope of his accession as emperor" rather tenuous. |
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http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2002/2002-10-22.html
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| | January 20: Martyrdom of Bishop Fabian under Decius |
| | January 20, 250 • Fabian, the First Christian Martyr under Decius | | | Translated, they read, "Fabian, bishop, martyr." Fabian had been the Bishop of Rome (Pope) for fourteen years when the Roman Emperor Decius made up his mind to smash the unpopular Christian church. | | | January 20: Martyrdom of Bishop Fabian under Decius |
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http://chi.gospelcom.net/DAILYF/2003/01/daily-01-20-2003.shtml
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| | Trajan Decius |
| | Emperor on horseback, pacing left, right hand raised, short scepter in left | | | Trajan Decius, AR Antoninianus, 249-251, Group II, Rome |
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http://www.beastcoins.com/RomanImperial/IV-III/TrajanDecius/TrajanDecius.htm
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| | Trajan Decius and Family |
| | Decius could rightly claim to be an Illyrian, for that region traditionally comprised Dalmatia and the two Pannonias. | | | This particular aureus Decius celebrates the spirit (genius) of the embattled Illyrian army, no doubt because so many of these gold pieces ended up in the hands of soldiers in that region. | | | The region had been annexed about 140 years earlier by Trajan, who celebrated his conquest with the magnificent friezes on his column in Rome. |
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http://www.sonic.net/~rbeale/mysite/TrajanDecius.htm
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| | Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol. 2 ToC: The Online Library of Liberty |
| | At the same time when Decius was struggling with the violence of the tempest, his mind, calm and deliberate amidst the tumult of war, investigated the more general causes that, since the age of the Antonines, had so impetuously urged the decline of the Roman greatness. | | | Distracted with the consciousness of his guilt and of his danger, he communicated the intelligence to the senate. | | | This warlike people of Germans had been astonished by the immense preparations of Alexander Severus; they were dismayed by the arms of his successor, a barbarian equal in valour and fierceness to themselves. |
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| | LIECHTENSTEIN MUSEUM Wien |
| | Decius alone steps before his fighters and recounts his dream. | | | With the transfigured face of a Christian martyr he watches as the heavens above him open as a sign of his role as the chosen one. | | | Shortly before the beginning of battle the will of the gods is sought in order to learn which of the two consuls will have to sacrifice his life to secure victory for the Romans. |
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| | NPNF (V2-01) (iii.xii.ii) |
| | For when his reign was prosperous and affairs were proceeding according to his mind, he attacked the holy men who were interceding with God for his peace and welfare. | | | Gallus succeeded Decius toward the close of the year 251 and reigned until the summer of 253 (some with less ground say 254), when he was slain, with his son, by his own soldiers. | | | This book has been accessed more than 259811 times since 2005-07-13. |
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| | Free Essay Julius Caesar - Flattery will get you Everywhere |
| | Decius uses flattery and persuasion when speaking to Brutus. | | | Many people often say, flattery will get you no where. | | | Antony deceives Brutus and the other conspirators with his keen wit and his sweet talk. |
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| | Roman coins with thumbnails 25 |
| | Trajan Decius on horseback left, raising his right hand. | | | This and the Pannoniae reverse above, were the only issues by Trajan Decius to honor providences. | | | This and the Dacia reverse below, were the only issues by Trajan Decius to honor providences. |
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| | Amazon.ca: Spqr V: Saturnalia: Books |
| | Decius must balance his devotion to the truth with his family loyalty and pick his way gingerly through the dangerous political intrigues of imperial Rome. | | | But her brother, Clodius, an implacable political rival of the Metellus clan, also asks Decius to investigate. | | | Worldly and a bit of a playboy, the prodigal son has been recalled by his family to investigate the death by poisoning of Celer, a wealthy and influential relative. |
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| | Decius - Memory Alpha |
| | Decius would eventually be killed when their ship was hunted and destroyed by the Enterprise, while teetering on the edge of the Neutral Zone. | | | Decius served aboard the Praetor's flagship that crossed the Romulan Neutral Zone in 2266 and attacked several Federation outposts. | | | Following their attack, Decius broke radio-silence to send word back to the Praetor of their success. |
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| | Trajan Decius |
| | Which hairs on Decius' face belong to his beard and which were Geta's? | | | Trajan Decius became emperor midway through the third century and near the beginning of the chaos that characterized the period between the relative stability of the Severans and the formation of the Tetrarchy by Diocletian. | | | This coin was struck at Rome in the last months of Decius' reign. |
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| | Rome - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK |
| | Decius was one of the most violent persecutors of Christians; he fell fighting the Goths, first of the Germans |
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| | Origen of Alexandria [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy] |
| | His was also a time of periodic persecution against Christians, notably during the reigns of the Emperors Severus, Maximin, and Decius, so that Origen's life began and ended with persecution. | | | His family was devoutly Christian, and likely highly educated; for his father, who died a martyr, made sure that Origen was schooled not only in biblical studies, but in Hellenistic education as well. |
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| | Search Results for "Decius" |
| | Gallus became emperor and accepted Hostilianus, Decius' son, as his colleague,... | | | ...Romans (led by Publius Decius Mus) defeated the Gauls and the Samnites there. | | | ...Christian version of a widespread story, martyrs immured in a cave near Ephesus during the persecutions by Decius (c.250). |
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| | Decius Mus Addressing the Legions |
| | Rubens imagined the moment before the battle when Decius Mus, standing on a dais, tells his troops that, for the sake of Roman victory, he would allow himself to be killed. | | | The prophecy meant that the side that lost its general would be victorious. | | | The subject is the first in a series of eight tapestry designs on the theme of Decius Mus, which Rubens completed by May 1618 for a Genoese patron. |
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| | (119) Trajan Decius |
| | He was called back to the area by a massive invasion of Goths, and he, his son, and a large part of his army were killed in battle there in A.D. Decius' portraits are among the most expressive of the period. | | | Gaius Messius Quintus Decius was born in Pannonia on the Danube and rose to high offices under the emperor Philip I. When the troops at the Danubian frontier revolted, Philip persuaded Decius to defend the border, and when he succeeded, his own troops proclaimed him emperor. | | | He is depicted as a military man, with short, stipled hair and beard, but his face, with its deeply lined forehead and sunken eyes, conveys the strain and anxiety of the times. |
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| | Amazon.com: SPQR VII: The Tribune's Curse (SPQR): Books: John Maddox Roberts |
| | After joining the other men of the city in a daylong cleansing ritual that left every able-bodied male citizen, Decius included, in a state of half-collapse, Decius learns that he has been chosen to uncover the person responsible for the murder. | | | SPQR V: Saturnalia (Decius Metellus, 5) by John Maddox Roberts | | | In his extensive series featuring the detecting feats of Decius Caecilius Metellus the younger, set in the Rome of 70 BC, Roberts achieves a very believable modern feeling with his well-researched description of the stories' background. |
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| | RedFlagDeals.com Forums - View Profile: Decius |
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| | MSN Encarta - Decius |
| | Decius (201-251), emperor of Rome (249-251), best known as the instigator of the first thoroughgoing persecutions of the Christians. | | | Become a subscriber today and gain access to: |
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| | Roman Coins of Trajan Decius |
| | Decius spent the rest of his reign combating barbarians, ending with his defeat and murder, along with his son, by Gothic forces. | | | Trajan Decius, July 249 - June or July 251 A.D. Trajan Decius, a general under Philip I, was sent to crush the revolt of Pacatian, but was forced by his troops to declare himself emperor and march upon Italy. | | | At a great battle fought at Verona, Philip's forces were defeated. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Decius (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia |
| | He was sent by Philip (Philip the Arabian) to quell a mutiny, but when the soldiers hailed him as emperor, he marched at their head, defeated and killed Philip near Verona, and accepted the title of emperor, adding Trajan (Traianus) to his name. | | | AllRefer.com - Decius (Ancient History, Rome, Biography) - Encyclopedia | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Ancient History, Rome, Biographies > Decius |
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| | Trajan Decius Cast |
| | This Trajan Decius tetradrachm was cast from a coin later sold as lot 2494 in NFA's 1990 Fall mail bid sale. | | | The images are sized to match, although as I only have access to the NFA photo, the planes of the images differ slightly. |
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| | Decius |
| | 251 Consul III (with his son Quintus Herennius Decius); death in a battle on the Danube | | | This brief article has been written to offer background information | | | 250 Consul II (with Vettius Gratus); Visigoths in Thrace; a local Roman commander named Priscus proclaimed emperor; Decius fights against the Visigoths, and kills Priscus; Decius accepts titles Dacicus maximus and Germanicus maximus; in the meantime in Roime a brief insurrection by a man named Julius Valens Licinianus |
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| | Re: + Decius Update -- Ager de Semine Obscura Message Board |
| | James - Hirilorn/Merrimack is in so I'll be sending that too, along with some dubs... | | | It is one of the finest recordings I have heard and even if it doesn't sell more than 5 copies I still consider myself lucky to be putting it out. | | | Lots of Decius updates recently - LABEL page has been overhauled - in stock almost all demos, all Maniac Butcher CDs and Impiety/Tsjuder/Drakkar compilation CDs. |
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