Posted on 08/25/2009 9:34:25 AM PDT by Nikas777
A martyr of the Roman persecution it seems.
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And another date for Bill Clinton.
By then the Roman Empire was officially Christian.
5th Century? Roman’s? I don’t think so.
5th Century means the 400s. The Western Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire fell in 1462.
By the 5th century, it coulda been the Christians doing the torturing, for all we know.
Or it could've been simply a 5th century crime, and maybe that desecration is what led to the cathedral's disuse.
Before the Muslim onslaught people forget that the Zoroastrian Persian/Parthian empire over ran and destroyed many of the Greco-Roman cities before the emperor Heraclius defeated them in what some historians called the world's first Crusade. The Zoroastrians had taken the relic of the True Cross as a war trophy when they looted Jerusalem and destroyed the church that was atop the temple mount.
The Muslims took advantage of this weakness from the war the Romans and Parthians fought to first take over the defeated Persians and then take the Middle East from the weakened Romans.
So, more likely the deceased was a member of one of the Christian sects that did not conform to the Council of Nicea.
Before the Muslim onslaught people forget that the Zoroastrian Persian/Parthian empire over ran and destroyed many of the Greco-Roman cities before the emperor Heraclius defeated them in what some historians called the world's first Crusade. The Zoroastrians had taken the relic of the True Cross as a war trophy when they looted Jerusalem and destroyed the church that was atop the temple mount.
The Muslims took advantage of this weakness from the war the Romans and Parthians fought to first take over the defeated Persians and then take the Middle East from the weakened Romans.
Not likely. The Christians preserved the remains of martyrs form the Pagan Roman period and when Constantine came along they built churches in honor of these saints.
What do you mean? Why don't you think so?
The Western empire collapsed in the 5th century - around the time of this church and the eastern empire ruled an additional 300 years give or take in the middle east before Islam came and 1,100 years out of Constantinople and Antolia/Balkans.
Justinian 1 reconquered and ruled over the some of the old Roman terretories.
Constatniople would be the seat of civilization and culture until it was conquered by the Turks who would rule until WWI.
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That would make sense, but then would not the remains be dated earlier than the 5th century?
I just finished reading a book on the Byzantine Empire and yes Emperor Justinian and Theodora were very interesting rulers.
Now according to Wikipedia the Western Roman Empire fell in 476 AD when the Barbarian invader, Odoacer, forced out the last Roman Emperor (of the West), Romulus Augustus.
I think by the 5th Century the Roman Empire was pretty much Christian was it not?
Oh yes, the Great Schism in the Church which divided Catholic from Orthodox occurred in 1054.
Look up Schism in Wikipedia for verification.
Yes, in fact Christianity was the official religion of the Roman Empire since the reign of Emperor Constantine in the 300s.
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