<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_emperor" id="mwEQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Roman emperor">Roman emperor</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletian" id="mwEg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Diocletian">Diocletian</a> orders the destruction of the Christian church in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomedia" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nicomedia">Nicomedia</a>, beginning eight years of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletianic_Persecution" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Diocletianic Persecution">Diocletianic Persecution</a>.<sup about="#mwt15" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_23#cite_note-1" id="mwFQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwFg">[1]</span></a></sup>
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