Decian

He seem to think that the Christians, having had 50 years to recuperate from the Decian persecution, were getting uppity and needed to be brought to hand.

superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010

He fled during the Decian persecution but guided the Church by means of letters.

St. Cornelius, pope and martyr, and St. Cyprian, bishop and martyr Argent 2006

The whole pillar is incrusted with marble, in which are expressed all the noble actions of the emperor, and particularly the Decian war.

Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

Mrs. Akers's poem, even though the Seven Sleepers swore that he rocked them asleep with it in the time of the Decian persecution.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 118, August, 1867 Various

Christians in the reign of Diocletian -- some say the Decian persecution.

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. July, 1878. Various

After the Decian persecution (249, 250), however, the great numbers of Lapsi and

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The long period of tranquillity, hardly interrupted by Maximinus (235-38), fostered the growth of Roman church organization; so much so that, under Cornelius, after the first fury of the Decian persecution, the city numbered about 50,000 Christians.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

In the year 250, when the Decian persecution broke out, Maximus was forced to flee.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

The penitential decrees drawn up after the Decian persecution and the decrees against Pelagianism are instances in point.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

The fame of the virgin-martyr Agatha, who had been executed fifty-two years before in the Decian persecution, was attracting numerous visitors to her relics at

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913