Christian Executions..

[Nathan Ross]

I believe that, technically, incense was burned to the emperor's "genius," (guardian and guiding spirit) not to the emperor himself.

Ah yes, you're quite right.

the martyrdom of St Aaron and St Julius under the purges of Emperor Diocletion.

so i think our kit is fitting for the period.

I'd certainly say so. Good looking kit too, btw.

Odd thing though - if Aaron and Julius were executed at Caerleon it disproves the idea that Constantius refused to persecute Christians in his region... Bit of a mixed message going on here, martyrdom-wise!

One was beheaded, one was given an honerable death...(I believe he was a Roman citizen)

By the later empire, being a citizen didn't protect anyone from all sorts of horrible deaths! Even senators were getting burned at the stake for trifling offences... hock: