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deathbystats t1_j9mayau wrote on February 23, 2023 at 12:12 AM

Reply to comment by Vainpaix in TIL about Saint Josaphat (aka Būdhasaf), a legendary Christian saint whose life is based on Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. His life story tells of how Josaphat, a son of an Indian kind that persecuted the Christian Church in his kingdom, converted to Christianity. by kweenllama

Christians were by no means a specifically persecuted minority. While it did happen, it was sporadic:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Roman_Empire

This was definitely not of the order of requiring them to withdraw into caves.