The Romans are remembered by the Christian church as “persecutors”
June 7th, 2024
The Romans are remembered by the Christian church as “persecutors” of the early Christians. But was persecution a deliberate policy? Look at the treatment of Christians by various emperors in the first two centuries C.E., and try to draw some general conclusions. Who was the first emperor to target the Christians, and why? Remember also to look at the exchange of letters between the emperor Trajan and the governor Pliny