In Rome, Christian's were viewed as different, and the Romans often blamed them if things went wrong

        Nero was Roman emperor from 54AD to 68AD. He was a cruel and violent man who took pleasure in hurting people and watching others suffer, just like his mother Agrippina. Agrippina was a devious and power driven woman and was prepared to go to any lengths to get the things she wanted. Her biggest wish was fro her son, Nero to become emperor of Rome.

        To achieve this Agrippina married the current Roman emperor Claudius and then manipulated him to making Nero his son. Agrippina murdered him by poisoning and so then Nero became Emperor. But Claudius had a son, Brittanicus, Nero feared he was a threat to him so he murdered him the same way his mother had killed Brittanicus’ father.

        The Romans wanted to persecute the Christians and they made them choose whether they wanted to stand up for their faith or give up their faith and, as Nero had hoped, they chose to give up their life! The most famous happened in AD64 when Rome was destroyed by a fire. Suspicious rumours spread as people realised that it was Nero that gained from this by building a Golden Palace. When Nero heard about this he shifted the blame to the Christians as they were easy targets and there were persecuted in very sickening and vicious ways, people were made into human candles to light up Nero’s Palace, Nero made men dress up in animal skins and in the Coliseum in front of hundreds of people made them fight wolves and other animals.