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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;David Atherton, post: 8166137, member: 82616&quot;]I wanted to add an addendum to the historical background regarding this coin. As mentioned above Flavius Clemens was executed on the charges of &#039;atheism&#039;, this according to a much later account written by Cassius Dio. Dio goes on further to state that other Romans who drifted into Jewish ways were similarly executed. Many scholars have plausibility theorised that Clemens and Domitilla converted to Judaism and were punished by the religiously rigid Domitian. There is also a later Christian tradition that Clemens and his wife converted to Christianity, although there is no evidence to back up such a claim.</p><p><br /></p><p>Is anyone aware of other prominent Romans who were punished on similar charges? I just found this fact so unusual that it&#039;s hard to fathom Dio making it up![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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