Persecution Under Nero

Persecution Under Nero

Nero was an emperor who was afraid of his people. Nero was getting out

of control of his army he was unable to control his army and keep them

in his power. Nero discovered that he was loosing his power so he

became a cruel man in his later life. Nero murdered, torture and even

imprison his relative and people he called friends. Nero tried

everything to impress the people, Nero Built the finesse palaces and

arenas. It is said that Nero was the cause of the great fire which had

broke out in Rome in A.D.64; this would give the opportunity for Nero

to start his building plans. This fire had to be blamed on someone and

therefore Nero had accused the Christians for his mistake. This made

the Roman people glad because they used this excuse to blame the

Christians and vent their anger and hatred upon them.

Romans dislike things that they did not know much about this was the

reason for such hatred for the Christians. The Romans often fear and

hate what they did not understand. The Romans could not understand why

Christians worship in secret and worship a God that they have never

seen. The Romans never understood why Christians would eat and drink

wine, Romans thought this was a special ritual. Some people would say

that the Christians were cannibals and even eat babies. The Romans

didn’t like the thought that slaves and women attended to the

meetings, this was because slaves and women were looked down upon the

Romans.

The Romans believed that Christians were meeting to plot against the

emperor, Christians would not offer incense to Caesar and for that

they were punished and used for entertainment to the Romans as they

were killed and punished. The Christian refused to worship Roman gods,

they openly say their won was the true ruler of heaven and earth, and

all other Gods were false, this upset the Romans and were very

furious.

Nero had been a very cruel man as he was one of the causes why