313 is Edict of Milan. Which decriminalised Christaianity in the roman empire before that it is extremely unlikely that any official (and the Roman Army was based on "official") attempt would have been made to promulgate Christianity. Rome worked by absorbing and having no problem with local belief systems. All you had to do was include the offical cults in your pantheon and all was fine and dandy. The exception is human sacrifice which they weren't keen on at all - look at the propaganda stuff about the german tribes and especially the Druids in the british isles.
Christians were a problem because they
a) didn't accept the official line in tandem
b) appealed to the less powerful and therefore seemed to be fomenting a change in the status quo.
The empire didn't like to invade and take over. It aimed to establish client areas to act as buffers, using their troops and population to keep the borders secure. Within the borders it was as I have said above.
This is
a neat graphic on Wikipedia which shows the extent and date of the expansion of the empire.
Look at the dates. The peak comes at about 360 - and the expansion before that has switched to the east, into Judea for example. In Europe the peak is about 300. So before the persecution of the christian cult was officially terminated.
So...
* Who exactly was doing the invading you mean? The non christian roman army? the persecuting official structure?
* When were they doing it? the rough dates from above suggest that there may be no overlap when it could have been policy - so lets say... what? 20 years? 50 years? If we drill down here we can find out where the "invasions" were and so see pretty well how much territory and time this could happen in.
‘Witches’ or whatever the terminology and language they used for their concept of ‘witch’ (I have outlined ) at that time.
I think you are using "Witches’ were what the invading Christians called the women who remembered the traditions myths and folklore of their native upbringing. " Please can you suggest where we can look to find them? as I say above, archaeology/history says that everything continued as before except for the human sacrifice thing (which may well have been simply a propaganda invention).
There is no “evidential evidence” that survived.
Christian based education.
Primary and contemporary secondary sources?
Not talking about individuals - only established axioms.
I don't understand this, sorry. Please can you quote some of these axioms?
Social engineering- You brought up ‘white middle class males’ for some reason. The myth of the tyrannous white male is currently being used to promote diversity and equality (social engineering)
I brought them up to acknowledge that the current population isn't as representative of all views as would be useful. Are you criticising me for
* recognising this?
* not rejecting it all entirely?
* not stating that this is/isn't "The myth of the tyrannous white male"?
Do you mean a historian that researches paganism or a historian that practices Paganism ?
Either, both.
Edit to add the link that show imperial expansion! D'oh!