Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire
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| - | [[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' by [[Tommaso Laureti]] (1530-1602), ceiling painting in the [[Sala di Constantino]], [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican Palace]]. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient [[Paganism|pagan]] culture and the victory of [[Christianity]].]] | + | [[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'']] |
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| - | Religion in the [[Greco-Roman world]] at the time of the [[Constantinian shift]] mostly comprised three main currents: | + | '''Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire''' began during the reign of [[Constantine the Great]] ({{Reign}}306–337) in the military colony of [[Aelia Capitolina]] ([[Jerusalem]]), when he destroyed a pagan temple for the purpose of constructing a Christian church. |
| - | *the [[Religion in ancient Greece|traditional religions of ancient Greece]] and [[Religion in ancient Rome|Rome]]; | + | |
| - | *the official [[Imperial cult (ancient Rome)|Roman imperial cult]]; | + | |
| - | *various [[Greco-Roman mysteries|mystery religion]]s, such as the [[Eleusinian Mysteries]] and the mystery cults of [[Cybele]], [[Mithraic mysteries|Mithras]], and the [[syncretism|syncretized]] [[Isis]]. | + | |
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| - | [[Early Christianity]] grew gradually in [[Early centers of Christianity#Rome|Rome]] and the [[Roman Empire]] from the [[Christianity in the 1st century|1st]] to [[Christianity in the 4th century|4th]] centuries, when it was legalized and, in its [[First Council of Nicaea|Nicene form]] became the [[state church of the Roman Empire]] with the [[Edict of Thessalonica]] of 380. [[Hellenistic]] polytheistic traditions survived in pockets of Greece throughout Late Antiquity. The [[Neoplatonic]] ''[[Plato's Academy|Academy]]'' was shut down by [[Justinian I]] in 529, a date sometimes taken to mark the end of [[Classical Antiquity]]. | + | |
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| - | * [[Christianity and paganism]] | + | *[[Greco-Roman world]] |
| - | * [[Christianization]] | + | *[[Hellenistic religion]] |
| - | * [[Constantinian shift]] | + | *[[History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance]] |
| - | * [[Damascius]] | + | *[[Pentarchy]] |
| - | * [[Early Christianity]] | + | *[[Paradox of tolerance]] |
| - | * [[Hellenistic Judaism]] | + | *[[Religious policies of Constantius II]] |
| - | * [[Hellenistic religion]] | + | *[[Persecution of pagans under Theodosius I]] |
| - | * [[Historical persecution by Christians]] | + | *[[Religion in ancient Rome]] |
| - | * [[Late Antiquity]] | + | *[[Religious persecution in the Roman Empire]] |
| - | * [[Mithraism]] | + | *[[Restoration of paganism from Julian until Valens]] |
| - | * [[Neoplatonism and Christianity]] | + | *[[Revival of Roman paganism]] |
| - | * [[Persecution of pagans by the Christian Roman Empire]] | + | |
| - | * [[Pseudo-Dionysius]] | + | |
| - | * [[Roman imperial cult]] | + | |
| - | * [[Roman polytheistic reconstructionism]] | + | |
| - | * [[Christianization]] | + | |
| - | * [[Christianity and other religions]] | + | |
| - | * [[Christianity and paganism]] | + | |
| - | * [[Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire]] | + | |
| - | * [[Religious policies of Constantine the Great]] | + | |
| - | * [[Religious policies of Constantius II]] | + | |
| - | * [[Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire]] | + | |
| - | * [[Persecution of pagans under Theodosius I]] | + | |
| - | * [[Anti-paganism policies of the early Byzantine Empire]] | + | |
| - | * [[Restoration of paganism from Julian until Valens]] | + | |
| - | * [[Revival of Roman paganism]] | + | |
| - | * [[History of Christianity]] | + | |
| - | * [[Christianity and violence]] | + | |
| - | * [[History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance]] | + | |
| - | * [[Timeline of Christianity]] | + | |
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Persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire began during the reign of Constantine the Great (Template:Reign306–337) in the military colony of Aelia Capitolina (Jerusalem), when he destroyed a pagan temple for the purpose of constructing a Christian church.
See also
- Greco-Roman world
- Hellenistic religion
- History of Christian thought on persecution and tolerance
- Pentarchy
- Paradox of tolerance
- Religious policies of Constantius II
- Persecution of pagans under Theodosius I
- Religion in ancient Rome
- Religious persecution in the Roman Empire
- Restoration of paganism from Julian until Valens
- Revival of Roman paganism
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