The Decian persecution of Christians occurred in 250 AD under the Roman Emperor Decius. Christian monotheistic beliefs did not allow them to worship any other gods, so they were forced to choose between their religious beliefs and following the law, the first time this had occurred
Answer: He forced Christians to make sacrifices to the pagan gods (an action prohibited by their religion), or else face prison and the death penalty. Upon gaining the Galien throne in 260, he ordered by decree a temporary cessation of persecution. After Diocletian's accession to the throne in 284 there was a gradual change in the official attitude towards religious minorities; In the first fifteen years of his reign, Diocletian purged the army of Christians, condemned the Manicheans to death, and surrounded himself with public opponents of Christianity.
ANSWER: In the wake of political turmoil in England, Locke asserted the right of a people to change a government that did not protect natural rights of life, liberty
