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Diocletian's official birthday was 22 December, and his year of birth has been estimated at between 242 and 245 based on a statement that he was aged 68 at death (alongside other evidence). [6] His parents were of low status; Eutropius records "that he is said by most writers to have been the son of a scribe, but by some to have been a freedman ...
Murdered popes. John VIII (872–882), poisoned and then clubbed to death [10] Stephen VI (896–897), strangled [11] Leo V (903), allegedly strangled [12] John X (914–928), allegedly smothered with a pillow [13] John XII (955–964), allegedly murdered by the jealous husband of the woman with whom he was in bed [14]
The persecution failed to check the rise of the Church. By 324, Constantine was sole ruler of the empire, and Christianity had become his favored religion. Although the persecution resulted in death, torture, imprisonment, or dislocation for many Christians, most of the empire's Christians avoided punishment.
v. t. e. Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ ˈnɪəroʊ / NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68. Nero was born at Antium in AD 37, the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and ...
Maximian. Maximian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Valerius Maximianus; c. 250 – c. July 310), nicknamed Herculius, [4] was Roman emperor from 286 to 305. He was Caesar from 285 to 286, then Augustus from 286 to 305. [2] He shared the latter title with his co-emperor and superior, Diocletian, whose political brain complemented Maximian's military brawn.
t. e. The Tetrarchy was the system instituted by Roman emperor Diocletian in 293 AD to govern the ancient Roman Empire by dividing it between two emperors, the augusti, and their junior colleagues and designated successors, the caesares. Initially Diocletian chose Maximian as his caesar in 285, raising him to co- augustus the following year ...
1924 – Vladimir Lenin died of a brain hemorrhage. 1928 – Alexander Bogdanov died as a result of one of his experiments in blood transfusion. 1930 – Frank P. Ramsey died after "contracting jaundice " at the age of 26. (Jaundice by itself is not a cause of death but instead indicates hemolytic or hepatic disease.)
In the sixth century AD, suicide became a secular crime and began to be viewed as sinful. In the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas denounced suicide as an act against God and as a sin for which one could not repent. In 1533, those who died by suicide while accused of a crime were denied a Christian burial. In 1562, all suicides were punished in this ...