One of the major changes that Progressives wanted to see in the welfare system was for it to be applied more "widely" to a broader base of the population. They also wanted more services to be covered--especially in the medical realm. <span />
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There were many emperors in the Roman Emperors that killed Christians such as emperors Diocletian, Maximian, Galerius, and Constantius. But the first emperor who persecuted Christians was emperor Nero.
The act of toleration was founded for catholics to worship freely.