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en-wikipedia-org-1446		Decius - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	3230	388	63	It is very probable that the edict was an attempt to legitimize his position and to respond to a general unease provoked by the passing of the Roman millennium.[12] While Decius himself may have intended the edict as a way to reaffirm his conservative vision of the Pax Romana and to reassure Rome's citizens that the empire was still secure, it nevertheless sparked a "terrible crisis of authority as various Christian bishops and their flocks reacted to it in different ways."[2] Measures were first taken demanding that the bishops and officers of the church make a sacrifice for the emperor.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1446.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1446.txt