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Polymnia Athanassiadi argues convincingly that there was a Pagan persecution during the Late Roman Empire that may have equalled or exceeded the earlier Christian persecution. What is the current consensus on this topic?

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How likely is it that Emperor Ashoka’s famously elaborate torture chamber ‘Ashoka’s Hell’ actually existed in some form? What forms of torture would have been used in this period and region?

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In the 350’s AD the future Emperor Valentinian was supposedly exiled for assaulting a Hellenic priest trying to ritually purify him. What kind of Hellenic ceremonies were still being practiced under Constantius II and why might Valentinian have been in the splash zone considering his fanaticism?

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Polymnia Athanassiadi argues convincingly that there was a Pagan persecution during the Late Roman Empire that may have equalled or exceeded the earlier Christian persecution. What is the current consensus on this topic?	1
How likely is it that Emperor Ashoka’s famously elaborate torture chamber ‘Ashoka’s Hell’ actually existed in some form? What forms of torture would have been used in this period and region?	0
In the 350’s AD the future Emperor Valentinian was supposedly exiled for assaulting a Hellenic priest trying to ritually purify him. What kind of Hellenic ceremonies were still being practiced under Constantius II and why might Valentinian have been in the splash zone considering his fanaticism?	0