10 Diocletian is most known for The Persecution of the Christians. On the twenty-third of February, A.D. 303 he commanded an army to raid a nearby Christian church, he seized all holy books and burned them to ashes. 11 He then began to call for the destruction of all sacred books and Christian churches. All the Christians were then apprehended and imprisoned and Galerius secretly ordered the imperial palace to be set on fire, that the Christians might be charged as the incendiaries, and a credible pretence given for carrying on the persecution with the greater brutalities. An overall sacrifice was commenced, which caused numerous deaths.
The Jews were also expelled from Rome by the Roman emperor Tiberius in 19 CE. A Roman historian said that Tiberius restricted all foreign religions and sent Jewish young men, under the pretence of military service, to provinces noted for their unhealthy climate. He got rid of all other Jews from the city, under the threat of life slavery. Another sign of Anti-Semitism was in the middle Ages. For example in the 12th century, there were a lot of Christians who believed that the Jews possessed magical powers and had gained the magic powers from making a pact with the devil.
Specifically, the Romans began to take the Jews rights to practice their religion. For example, the Romans prohibited the Jews from circumcising babies and reading Torah. As a result of these restrictions the Jews revolted against the Romans in the Great Jewish Revolt. The war lasted from 66-73 CE when the Romans defeated the remaining Jewish fighters. During this war the Jewish Temple was destroyed which created spiritual havoc throughout the Jewish world.
Scipio Africanus forced Carthaginians to accept peace Rome now ruled the seas and entire Mediterranean coast from Italy westward The New Imperial System Rome collected taxes The Republic’s Conquest of the Hellenistic World The East Philip 5th and Seleucid Antiochus 197 B.C.E. Philip defeated by Rome 189 B.C.E. Seleucid defeated Perseus 179 B.C.E. defeated in 168 B.C.E. divided Macedon into four republics The West Romans committed dreadful atrocities; lied, cheated, and broke treaties to exploit and pacify natives Religion 205 B.C.E.
The Christians began to get more rights while growing in political powers. Edicts such as the Edict of Milan and the Edict of Thessalonica. The Edict of Milan legalized Christianity and took away many rights of the Jews. The Edict of Thessalonica “issued by three Roman emperors in AD 380” made Christianity the official religion of Rome. In Ancient Rome we also saw the massacre of many Jews, the destruction of Synagogues, and the outlaw of marriages between Jews and Christians.
The main historical events of anti-Semitism are as follows: * The crusades; Christian soldiers tried to expel Muslims from the birthplace of god as they did not believe in him many massacred/crusaded many forced to choose between baptism/death, some fled to Central/Eastern Europe suffered outbursts of violence * The black death; (Bubonic plague) spread across Europe killing 1/3 population Jews blamed for initiating epidemic hate mobs developed * Nationalism; During nationalism, Europe viewed themselves as belonging to separate nations Jews identified as aliens/ disqualified citizenship and expelled from England * Social Darwinism; those within the strongest race would ultimately survive, late 19th century Jews unaccepted/viewed as different due to their religion/birth “aliens” term anti-Semitism first appeared (excluded any possibility of Jews being assimilated into German culture common bond of humanity began to believe
Were attacks on Jewish businesses the worst effect of the Nazi persecution of the Jews 1933 - 1939? Attacks on Jewish businesses can be seen as the worst effect of the Nazi’s persecution of the Jews due to many reasons. Nazi demonstrations against the Jews were made between these years starting in 1933 when Hitler had ordered an official one-day boycott of all Jewish professions. The SA would go as far as to physically prevent Jewish workers from getting into there businesses and painted the ‘Star of David’ on the doors and windows of shops owned by Jews surrounded and accompanied by discriminating posters covered in anti-Semitic slogans telling the people of Germany not to buy from Jewish businesses and that they are not needed in Germany.
With Ayer’s views one has to consider Dawkins belief that was raised in the God Delusion: all war has started from religion. Case in point WWII, Hitler blamed the loss in WWI on the Jews resulting in millions of deaths, including that of Gypsies and many other religious groups and societies. However it could be proposed that emotion itself is what drives war, religion is just the catalyst. 64% of all murder in the USA is a hate crime, Ayer’s proposed emotional lobotomy produced from the article would greatly reduce this statistic, even if it may not decrease the number of murders, until it is applied fully emotion drives all acts even those of
The Holocaust was one of the most inhumane eras for not only the Jews but also other groups such as the Russians. In 1933 the Nazis came into power and believed threat the Germans were superior to everyone else. They also believed that the Jews were far inferior to them and were a threat to their German Community. As a result the Nazis started to persecute the Jews by burning them; they were put into gas chambers. There were over six million Jews that were murdered during the Holocaust.
The St. Louis was forced to turn around and head back to Europe. There was also discrimination against Jewish people in Europe, especially Germany. The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. Why this discrimination occurred was because Hitler hated Jewish people and blamed them for Germany losing World War I. He considered Jewish people to be less than human.