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Hello, I hope you're well and welcome to the ancients as we are getting nearer and nearer Christmas.

Now, we've got a very festive topic for you today.

Only kidding, we don't.

We're talking about a Roman emperor who in fact, perhaps as well, the most infamous part of his story is that he persecuted Christians.

So, yeah, he's a bit of a naughty boy in that regards.

However, there's much more to his story than just the persecuting of Christians.

And the actual persecution itself is very interesting to hear about, like why it was such a failure.

That's all to come in today's episode with the one and only Dr. David Gwynn.

David, he's been on the show several times before.

He's a fan favourite as well.

He is the interviewee we had for one of our most popular episodes of 2025.