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The deadly persecutions of Trajan Decius

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  by Damien F. Mackey   Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Valerinus – the Senate recognized him as emperor, giving him the attribute Traianus  in reference to Emperor  Trajan .     Plenty of names here for consideration, Traianus being particularly interesting. Trajan Decius is thought to have reigned in c. 250 AD, about 130 years after the death of the emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianaus (Trajan) (d. 117 AD). However, since the conventional dating for the better-known (though still poorly known) Trajan is some 3 centuries out, it becomes almost inevitable that his namesake, Trajan Decius – who is even more poorly known (see below) – has been wrongly estimated.   Let us boil down all of this, as I did in my article:   Filling out Caesar Augustus - and some who emulated him   (3) Filling out Caesar Augustus - and some who emulated him   even re-using the same Introduction.   Introduction ...
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Smelly, wormy death of emperor Galerius based on demise of Antiochus ‘Epiphanes’

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  by   Damien F. Mackey     You cannot be serious, emperor Galerius!     Introduction   Is it likely that the death of the emperor Galerius (c. 310 AD, conventional dating), could have followed the same horrible pattern as that of the Seleucid Greek king, Antiochus ‘Epiphanes’ (c. 165 BC, conventional dating)? After all, we are talking about a separation - the one ruler from the other - by supposedly not much less than half a millennium.   My revision of the times does make it much more likely. Here it will be greatly simplified.   First of all, king Antiochus himself needs to be shuttled down the timeline by almost two centuries to the Infancy of Jesus Christ. Antiochus is the same as Caesar Augustus of Luke 2:1, the Census emperor.   And Antiochus was also, according to Jewish tradition, the emperor Hadrian:   Time to consider Hadrian, that ‘mirror-image’ of Antiochus Epiphanes, as also the ce...
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