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  2. Roman citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Roman citizens were expected to perform some duties (munera publica) to the state in order to retain their rights as citizens. Failure to perform citizenship duties could result in the loss of privileges, as seen during the Second Punic War when men who refused military service lost their right to vote and were forced out of their voting tribes ...

  3. Claudius Lysias - Wikipedia

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    One could hold dual citizenship, as Paul was not only a citizen of the city of Rome, but he was also a citizen of the city of Tarsus from the province of Cilicia (Acts 21.39; 23.34). Roman citizenship was conferred in a number of ways. (1) The most common way was being born from two Roman citizens. This is the claim Paul makes when asked how he ...

  4. List of genocides - Wikipedia

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    The events included torture, rape, and looting and were described as the worst atrocities against civilians so far in the 2023 conflict in Sudan. [34] [35] Ardamata massacre: Between 800 and 2,000 people were murdered. 20,000 fled. [36] Misterei massacre: 17,000 people fled to Chad (Gongour) after the massacre. [37] [38]

  5. Persecution of Christians in the New Testament - Wikipedia

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    21:27-28:30: In his final journey to Rome, Paul is taken by Jews in Jerusalem to be killed but is rescued by Roman soldiers who imprison him. He testifies before the Sanhedrin (22:30-23:11) and the governor Antonius Felix at Caesarea (24:1-27) before using his status as a Roman citizen (22:29) to have his case heard by the emperor.

  6. List of Christian martyrs - Wikipedia

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    Peter of Verona, 1252 by Cathars - Canonized 11 months after his death; the fastest in history. Martyrs of Sandomierz, 1260; Antonio Pavoni, 1374 by Waldensians; Tsar Lazar, 1389 [75] Nicholas Tavelic, 1391; John of Nepomuk, 1393 [76] Jan Huss (1415) and Jerome of Prague (1416) - executed for heresy by the Roman Catholic Council of Constance

  7. Religious persecution in the Roman Empire - Wikipedia

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    As the Roman Republic, and later the Roman Empire, expanded, it came to include people from a variety of cultures, and religions. The worship of an ever increasing number of deities was tolerated and accepted. The government, and the Romans in general, tended to be tolerant towards most religions and religious practices. [1]

  8. Sicarii - Wikipedia

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    The Sicarii [a] [1] were a group of Jewish Zealots, who, in the final decades of the Second Temple period, conducted a campaign of targeted assassinations and kidnappings of Roman officials in Judea and of Jews who collaborated with the Roman Empire. They later became known for a reported mass suicide at the Siege of Masada.

  9. Category:Murdered Roman emperors - Wikipedia

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    Roman emperors murdered by the Praetorian Guard (13 P) Pages in category "Murdered Roman emperors" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.