LOS LIBELLI DE DECIO Y EL CONFLICTO RELIGIOSO EN EGIPTO (250 D. C.) I (original) (raw)

2022, LOS LIBELLI DE DECIO Y EL CONFLICTO RELIGIOSO EN EGIPTO (250 D. C.) I: RAÍCES, CONTEXTO Y TESTIMONIOS DIRECTOS

The imperial proclamation carried out by Decius in the middle of the 3rd c. AD represents a fundamental turning point when it comes to understanding the changes that occurred in late Antiquity in religious matters. The imposition from government agencies that all citizens of the Empire had to make sacrifices to the gods broke with the characteristic religious 'freedom' of the Greco-Roman world. Due to this, all those individuals who, for reasons of faith, did not comply with the ordinances were left out of the law, highlighting the case of Christians for the use they made of the event to build their history. Consequently, the sources on this subject are scarce and, most of the time, manipulated by their authors. However, there is reliable evidence about the historical fact, which will be the main axis of this chapter, the so-called libelli, papyrus certificates that ratified the fulfillment of the sacrifices demanded and that allow us to reconstruct how events unfolded in this regard during the years 249 and 250 AD.

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