What sparked the persecution against Christianity beginning in the year 285?
The emperor Diocletian viewed Christians as displeasing the Roman gods and goddesses.
There was an attempted assassination of the emperor tied to Christians.
The emperor Nero attempted to blame a fire in Rome on Christians.
The civil war between Constantine and his rivals pulled Christians into the conflict.
What does the Crisis of the Third Century refer to specifically?
An invasion of Germanic tribes into the Roman Empire
The split of the Roman Empire by Diocletian
The chaotic reign of the emperor Commodus
The period of fifty years with constant fighting over who was emperor