第三章 Byzantine Eastern Empire 拜占庭帝
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n cults of Mithras and Isis. Since the Roman Emperors ruled by “divine right”and stayed in power through the support of the legions， it was important for them to be seen to support a strong state religion. The contumely of the Christians consisted in their public refusal to participate in official rites that no one deeply believed in， but which were an equivalent of an oath of allegiance. Refusal might easily bring upon all the Roman people the loss of the gods’ support; such were the usual justifications for occasional lynchings of Christians by Roman soldiers， the fare of many martyrologies. ??Constantine and Licinius’ Edict of Milan (313) neither made paganism illegal nor