St Valentine

[Just AnotherPerson]

What a terrible story.. how in the heck did this become roses and teddy bears? Lol

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Link: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-...ntine-beheaded

Excerpt:

On February 14, around the year 270 A.D., Valentine, a holy priest in Rome in the days of Emperor Claudius II, was executed.Under the rule of Claudius the Cruel, Rome was involved in many unpopular and bloody campaigns. The emperor had to maintain a strong army, but was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. Claudius believed that Roman men were unwilling to join the army because of their strong attachment to their wives and families.

To get rid of the problem, Claudius banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret.

When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Valentine was arrested and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. The sentence was carried out on February 14, on or about the year 270.



Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Valentine

[Lummy]

At that time, Rome was constantly being invaded from the north and slowly being destroyed. The Roman Empire was dissolving. Invaders would certainly have nullified any marriages.

What would you have done, JaP, if you were the Emperor?

[Just AnotherPerson]

At that time, Rome was constantly being invaded from the north and slowly being destroyed. The Roman Empire was dissolving. Invaders would certainly have nullified any marriages.

What would you have done, JaP, if you were the Emperor?

That's a heavy question. Lol. One that's impossible to even try to answer, at least for me.

[Lummy]

LOL.

Had I been emperor, I might have done pretty much the same thing as was done, also removing the heads of gigglers that made light of the seriousness of the situation, lol, as it was their stuff that was threatened too before it was indeed sacked ... tee hee ...

Oh ... wait a minute ... well of course, what was I thinking ...