Three Roman emperors that persecuted Christians

Nero

Domitian

Marcus Aurelius

“The Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire is the religious persecution of Christians as a consequence of professing their faith. It began during the Ministry of Jesus and continued sporadically and intermittently over a period of about three centuries until the time ofConstantine when Christianity was legalized and shortly thereafter became the state religion of the Roman Empire. It impacted all aspects of Christian life including the the development of the Canonical gospels, Christian theology and the structure of the Church.”

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