Min Seok Shin's systematic re-examination of the Great Persecution under Diocletian and his imperial colleagues and successors, from 284 to the 313 Edict of Milan, including a wider count of martyrs drawn from local Acts of dubious individual reliability, of whom only 850 are named.
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Reliability TierA recent academic monograph in a peer-reviewed classical studies series; its much higher martyr count than Frend's reflects a wider evidentiary standard, counting local traditions Frend's narrower count excluded, and the gap between the two is itself part of what this atlas records rather than a defect to resolve. NotesA recent academic monograph in a peer-reviewed classical studies series; its much higher martyr count than Frend's reflects a wider evidentiary standard, counting local traditions Frend's narrower count excluded, and the gap between the two is itself part of what this atlas records rather than a defect to resolve. 1 Citation
PublisherBrepols (Studia Antiqua Australiensia, vol. 8) 1 Publication Year Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Diocletian directly: "of the Great Persecution under Diocletian and his imperial colleagues and successors, from 284 to the 313 Edict of Milan, including a wider count of martyrs drawn from local Acts of dubious..."
Milan, Cities This source names Milan directly: "from 284 to the 313 Edict of Milan, including a wider count of martyrs drawn from local Acts of dubious individual reliability, of whom only 850 are named."
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- Religious Events, 2 claims: 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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