Freedom of religion/Timelines
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BC
- 399 Athens executes Socrates on charges including introducing new gods
- c. 250 Indian Emperor Asoka declares freedom of religion but bans animal sacrifice
AD
- 313 Edict of Milan grants freedom of religion throughout the dominions of Emperors Constantine and Licinius (by the end of the year this covered the whole Roman Empire)
- 843 Most Chinese Buddhist monasteries closed by imperial decree
- 1215 Canon 3 of the fourth Lateran Council orders extermination of heretics; rulers failing to implement this to be excommunicated and their subjects absolved from their allegiance