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Headword:
*de/kios
Adler number: delta,193
Translated headword: Decius, Dekios
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Emperor of [the] Romans, successor of Philip;[1] [it was he] who by imperial decree put to death those who believed the [tenets] of the Christians and compelled them to worship those who are not gods.
Greek Original:*de/kios, *(rwmai/wn basileu/s, *fili/ppou dia/doxos, o(\s basilikw=| qespi/smati tou\s ta\ *xristianw=n doca/zontas e)qana/tou kai\ tou\s ou) qeou\s proskunei=n h)na/gkazen.
Notes:
Ruled briefly 249-251. See generally OCD(4) 938, under 'Messius';
De imperatoribus Romanis entry by Geoffrey Nathan and Robin McMahon at web address 1.
This Suda entry derives from John of
Antioch fr. 149 FHG (4.598), now 227 Roberto.
[1] Philip "the Arab" (M. Julius
Philippus), reigned 244-249.
Web address 1
Keywords: biography; Christianity; chronology; historiography; history; religion
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 24 July 2002@12:01:01.
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