persecution · 202–211 · Carthage
Around 202 Septimius Severus is said to have forbidden conversion to Christianity. The blow fell on the catechumens: Perpetua and Felicity died in the arena at Carthage (203), Leonides — Origen's father — was beheaded at Alexandria, and the catechetical school scattered.
Severus' reported ban on conversion to Christianity or Judaism.
The blow fell on catechumens and teachers: Perpetua and Felicity at Carthage, Leonides at Alexandria; the catechetical school scattered.