Decius
Roman Emperor (201-251)
7 dated entries naming Decius, drawn from 6 separate years between 201 CE and 271 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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3rd century
- 201Decius, Roman emperor (d. 251)source
- 248The revolts of Pacatianus in Moesia and Iotapianus in Syria are put down by Senator Trajan Decius, by order of Emperor Philip the Arab.source
- 249Trajan Decius puts down a revolt in Moesia and Pannonia. Loyal legionaries proclaim him emperor, and he leads them into Italy.source
- 250January 3 – Decian persecution of Christians is initiated when Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) to perform a sacrifice to the gods of religion in ancient Rome. On January 20, Pope Fabian becomes one of the first martyrs of this persecution.source
- 251Decius, Roman emperor (killed after the battle of Abritus)source
- 251July 1 – Battle of Abritus: The Goths defeat Emperor Decius and his son Herennius Etruscus, on swampy ground in the Dobruja (Moesia).source
- 271Aurelian defeats a Gothic raid into the Balkans and then invades the Gothic homeland. Here he defeats the Goths again, killing one of their leaders, Cannabas, who may be Cniva, the Goth who had won the battle of Abritus, at which Emperor Decius was killed.source
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- Italy (1)
- Pannonia (1)
- Roman legionary (1)
- Roman Empire (1)
- Christians (1)
- Goths (1)
- Dobruja (1)
- Syria (Roman province) (1)
- Philip the Arab (1)