Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decius" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Decius">Decius</a> orders everyone in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" id="mwGQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> (except Jews) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decian_persecution" id="mwGg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Decian persecution">to make sacrifices to the Roman gods</a>.<sup about="#mwt20" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_3#cite_note-2" id="mwGw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHA">[2]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"><cite about="#mwt17" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFFrend1984"><a href="./W._H._C._Frend" id="mwCHc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="W. H. C. Frend">Frend, W. H. C.</a> (1984). <i id="mwCHg">The Rise of Christianity</i>. Fortress Press, Philadelphia. p.<span id="mwCHk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>319. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwCHo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwCHs" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/978-0-8006-1931-2" id="mwCHw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8006-1931-2"><bdi id="mwCH0">978-0-8006-1931-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt17" class="Z3988" id="mwCH4" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Rise+of+Christianity&amp;rft.pages=319&amp;rft.pub=Fortress+Press%2C+Philadelphia&amp;rft.date=1984&amp;rft.isbn=978-0-8006-1931-2&amp;rft.aulast=Frend&amp;rft.aufirst=W.+H.+C.&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+3"></span></span>