WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -At the urging of the caesar Galerius, in 303 Diocletian began the last major persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, resulting in the destruction of churches and the torture and execution of Christians who refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods.

Detailed explanation-2: -Diocletian (ca. 245-311 CE) was a Roman Emperor whose government and economic reforms helped Rome recover from the Crisis of the Third Century. Reigning from 285 to 305 CE, Diocletian split the Roman Empire in half and established the Tetrarchy, where he shared rule with three co-emperors.