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Christians & Persecution To fully understand the persecution of Christians you must look at Nero. Nero was brought up by his twisted, alcoholic father, and his power crazed mother. He inherited his violent tendencies from his father and his lust for power from his mother. When Nero's father passed away Nero's mother (Agrappina II) immediately searched for power. She then went on to marry her uncle, Emperor Claudius. Soon after he was poisoned by a mushroom sauce and this is how Nero inherited the throne to the greatest empire. So Agrappina carefully engineered Nero's life so that he would become Emperor and she could assist him in his role. Romans hated the Christians because of their weird acts associated with their faith. They thought they were crazy and cannibalistic because they were said to eat the body of Christ and drink his blood! (This was symbolic but the Romans did not know...

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