02-29-2008, 01:08 AM
If I understand it correctly, Decius wanted to exterminate Christianity to restore the old Roman morals. To do this, he demanded people to have written statements that they had sacrificed to the gods - something that was, as far as I know, completely new.
The same for Augustus' marriage laws: to restore old-fashioned morals, he made adultery into a criminal offense, which it had never been.
Am I the only one who thinks that there is something paradoxical about these measures?
The same for Augustus' marriage laws: to restore old-fashioned morals, he made adultery into a criminal offense, which it had never been.
Am I the only one who thinks that there is something paradoxical about these measures?
