Why were Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire?

Government powers not provided to the national government in the us constitution but are rather given to the states by the 10th amendment is called?

The byzantine empire weakened after asia minor

It can be inferred that the dramatic increase in defense spending by germany was the result of. (a) attempts by great britain to take german colonies. ( b) fear of a two-front war against france and russia (c) the need to put down a communist rebellion (d) a competition with the allies to produce atomic weapons