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Gaius Messius Quintas Traianus Decius (201-251 A.D.) Roman Emperor (249-251). In 250 Decius initiated a great persecution of Christians.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 322.
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