HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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official tolerance of Christianity.
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a reduction of taxes for the first time in a hundred years.
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Christianity as a crime punishable by death.
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an immediate end to all religious activity.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Edict of Milan, proclamation that permanently established religious toleration for Christianity within the Roman Empire. It was the outcome of a political agreement concluded in Mediolanum (modern Milan) between the Roman emperors Constantine I and Licinius in February 313.
Detailed explanation-2: -An edict of toleration is a declaration, made by a government or ruler, and states that members of a given religion will not be persecuted for engaging in their religious practices and traditions. The edict implies tacit acceptance of the religion rather than its endorsement by the ruling power.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Edict of Milan was a significant moment in the history of Europe. By establishing the toleration of Christianity and ending the persecution of that faith, it granted religious liberty to a large population of the empire.
Detailed explanation-4: -June 13, 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia.