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Pliny the younger, or Pliny jr., in modern style was the Roman governor of Bythnia, north of Laodicea. He once wrote to emperor Trajan asking advice on how to deal with Christians. In part, he said:
"Those who denied that they were or had been Christians, when they invoked the gods in words dictated by me, offered prayer with incense and wine to your image, which I had ordered to be brought for this purpose together with statues of the gods, and also cursed Christ – none of which those who are really Christians can, it is said, be forced to do — these I thought should be discharged. "
Well, look what's been dug up in Laodicea:
ANCIENT ROME: ENORMOUS STATUE OF CELEBRATED EMPEROR DISCOVERED AND RESTORED IN TURKEY
Archaeologists have restored a ten-foot-tall statue discovered in pieces below a fountain in the ancient city of Laodicea in Turkey.
The statue, which researchers think dates back nearly two thousand years, depicts the Roman emperor Trajan, local publication Hurriyet Daily News reported
Ancient Rome: Enormous statue of celebrated emperor discovered and restored in Turkey
"Those who denied that they were or had been Christians, when they invoked the gods in words dictated by me, offered prayer with incense and wine to your image, which I had ordered to be brought for this purpose together with statues of the gods, and also cursed Christ – none of which those who are really Christians can, it is said, be forced to do — these I thought should be discharged. "
Well, look what's been dug up in Laodicea:
ANCIENT ROME: ENORMOUS STATUE OF CELEBRATED EMPEROR DISCOVERED AND RESTORED IN TURKEY
Archaeologists have restored a ten-foot-tall statue discovered in pieces below a fountain in the ancient city of Laodicea in Turkey.
The statue, which researchers think dates back nearly two thousand years, depicts the Roman emperor Trajan, local publication Hurriyet Daily News reported
Ancient Rome: Enormous statue of celebrated emperor discovered and restored in Turkey
