One need only look to the most recent beheading of James Foley and the men, women, and children (babes even) of the Kazidis in Northwestern Iraq by the ISIS/ISIL savage terrorist to know.
Persecution of Christians, and maybe some others.
He persecuted Christians for what they believed in.
The last persecution of Christians (303-311) and the worse one, is attributed to the emperor Diocletian. However, there was the work of his co-emperor Galerius behind it. Galerius was a fiercer persecutor than Diocletian. This is the only persecution of Christians which has Benn called Great Persecution.
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You may mean the Diocletianic persecution. If so, it is the persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor Diocletian (ruled from 284 to 305 AD).
Throughout history, many have endured persecution for their beliefs.
First, we should define "Christian Persecution". What is happening in the United States, Canada, and Europe, where Christians do not get their way politically in every case, e.g. abortion is legal, divorce is legal, more people are leaving Christianity, etc. is NOT persecution. Persecution is when the lives or livelihoods of people are severely threatened or such people face legal hardships because they are Christians. There is persecution of Christians in North Korea, persecution specifically of Catholics in China, and persecution of Christians in general throughout the Islamic World, but especially in Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.P.S. It is not happening "worldwide".
Approximately three centuries
The first documented empire-wide Christian persecution occurred under Maximinus Thrax (reigned 235-238), though only the clergy were sought out. Decius who decreed the Decian Persecution in in 250. this was the first severe persecution of all Christians. Diocletian decreed the great Persecution in 303, which was the worse persecution.
Actually, no one did. Christians are still persecuted today.