457 to 491 ce: sporadic persecutions against gentiles of the eastern empire. among others, the physician jacobus and the philosopher gessius are executed. severianus, herestios, zosimus, isidorus and others are tortured and imprisoned. the proselytizer conon and his followers exterminate the last pagans of the island of imbros, in the northeast aegean. the last worshippers of lavranius zeus are exterminated in cyprus. 482 to 488 ce: the majority of the remaining pagans of asia minor are exterminated, after a desperate revolt against the emperor and the church. 486 ce: more "underground" pagan priests are discovered, arrested, burlesqued, tortured and executed in alexandria, egypt. 515 ce: baptism becomes obligatory, even for those that already claim to be christian. the emperor of constantinople, anastasius orders the massacre of the gentiles in the arabian city of zoara and the demolition of the temple of local god theandrites. 528 ce: emperor jutprada (justinianus) outlaws the "alternative" olympian games of antioch. he also orders the execution (by fire, crucifixion, tearing to pieces by wild beasts, or cutting by iron nails) of all who practice "sorcery, divination, magic or idolatry" and prohibits all teachings by the gentiles ("the ones suffering from the blasphemous insanity of the hellenes"). 529 ce: emperor justinianus outlaws the athenian philosophical academy, which has its property confiscated. 532 ce: the inquisitor ioannis asiacus, a fanatical monk, leads a crusade against the surviving gentiles of asia minor. 542 ce: emperor justinianus allows the inquisitor ioannis asiacus to convert the gentiles of phrygia, caria and lydia in asia minor. within 35 years of this crusade, 99 churches and 12 monasteries are built on the sites of demolished pagan temples. 546 ce: hundreds of gentiles are put to death in constantinople by the inquisitor ioannis asiacus.
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