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Early Christian Martyrdom

In Our Time: Religion

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What's Happening to the Christians?

Eusebius tells the story of how christians were tortured and killed by Roman authorities. Eusebius: This is the first time we see the romans actually sort of pursuming people, because before they weren't dedicating resources to this. The numbers are greatly inflated, but certainly christians are dying in the hundreds and thousands,. especially in the eastern art of the empire.

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