In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors - and rewriting scripture

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WESTERN. EMPIRE. No many of the great minds of the Byzantines and Rome were kicked out because of their pagan beliefs, many of them landed in Ctesiphon and Petra but many were put to the cross as well. This forced christianization also pissed off the German tribes and alienated most of their "allies" (vassals).
ARIAN. BARBARIANS. Why do you think it was so hard for Justinian to take it all back? The vandals literally overthrew their king because he was slightly orthodox. One could say Attila delivered the axe to the neck of an already broken bloody and bruised state.