# SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PRECEDING MARTYRS, A. D. 284, DIOCLETIAN ATTAINED TO THE REIGN OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS ISSUED HIS FIRST EDICT AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND IN 302, CALLED THE Tenth Persecution of the Christians. 284 · Historical source Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: SEVERAL YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PRECEDING MARTYRS, A. D. 284, DIOCLETIAN ATTAINED TO THE REIGN OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS ISSUED HIS FIRST EDICT AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A SECOND IN 302, CALLED THE Tenth Persecution of the Christians. Source heading; not independently verified Before the tenth general and severe persecution of the Christians began, A. D. 302, many Christians were put to death in different places, and throughout this whole period, by virtue of the first edict of Diocletian. Of these we shall present a few, and then, with the beginning of the next century, proceed to the tenth and severest persecution. --- Page: http://history.truechristian.church/stories/mm-several-years-after-the-death-of-the-preceding-martyrs-a-d-284-diocletian-attained-to-the-reign-of-the-roman-empire-and/ [Contribute a correction or addition](https://github.com/trueChristian/history.truechristian.church/issues/new?title=Correction%3A+SEVERAL+YEARS+AFTER+THE+DEATH+OF+THE+PRECEDING+MARTYRS%2C+A.+D.+284%2C+DIOCLETIAN+ATTAINED+TO+THE+REIGN+OF+THE+ROMAN+EMPIRE%2C+AND+SHORTLY+AFTERWARDS+ISSUED+HIS+FIRST+EDICT+AGAINST+THE+CHRISTIANS%2C+WHICH+WAS+FOLLOWED+BY+A+SECOND+IN+302%2C+CALLED+THE+Tenth+Persecution+of+the+Christians.&body=%23%23+Page+or+topic%0ASEVERAL+YEARS+AFTER+THE+DEATH+OF+THE+PRECEDING+MARTYRS%2C+A.+D.+284%2C+DIOCLETIAN+ATTAINED+TO+THE+REIGN+OF+THE+ROMAN+EMPIRE%2C+AND+SHORTLY+AFTERWARDS+ISSUED+HIS+FIRST+EDICT+AGAINST+THE+CHRISTIANS%2C+WHICH+WAS+FOLLOWED+BY+A+SECOND+IN+302%2C+CALLED+THE+Tenth+Persecution+of+the+Christians.%0A%0APage%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fhistory.truechristian.church%2Fstories%2Fmm-several-years-after-the-death-of-the-preceding-martyrs-a-d-284-diocletian-attained-to-the-reign-of-the-roman-empire-and%2F%0A%0ARecord%3A+mm-several-years-after-the-death-of-the-preceding-martyrs-a-d-284-diocletian-attained-to-the-reign-of-the-roman-empire-and%0A%0ADate+currently+shown%3A+284%0A%0A%23%23+Correction+or+addition%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Sources+and+evidence%0APlease+include+book%2Fpage+references%2C+archive+links%2C+or+first-hand+documentation.%0A%0A%0A%0A%23%23+Image+credit+%28if+applicable%29%0ACreator%2C+source%2C+and+permission+or+public-domain+basis.%0A%0A%0A%0ASubmitted+for+review%3B+this+issue+does+not+publish+changes+automatically.)