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- I want all Christian soldiers in this army to be expelled!
- I am a Christian!
- NO!
- St George was a Roman soldier born in what is now modern-day Turkey in around 280AD and died around 303. Very little is known about his early life but it is believed he was born to a wealthy Christian noble family.
- if you convert I can make you the wealthiest man in this country
- I will remain Christian!
- In 303 Diocletian ordered that all Christian soldiers in the army should be expelled and all Roman soldiers be forced to make the traditional pagan sacrifice in order to stop the growing influence of the Christian community.
- St George refused and publicly declared that the edict was wrong in front of his fellow soldiers, declaring he was a Christian
- Diocletian was not happy to loose one of his best soldiers so he tried to convert St George with offers of wealth and land.
- St George refused and was beheaded on 23 April 303 under the rule of Diocletian.
- To this day St George is known as a martyr (a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.)
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