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In Rome, Christian’s were viewed as different, and the Romans often blamed them if things went wrong
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Emperor Nero. Persecution means to treat someone with continuous cruelty or unfairness. People are usually persecuted because of their beliefs; it takes many forms including torture, imprisonment, violence, cruelty and many others. The followers of Jesus were known as Christians and in the time when Rome was ruled by Emperor Nero they were persecuted very harshly. In Rome, Christian's were viewed as different, and the Romans often blamed them if things went wrong. The Romans were polytheists, this means that they believed in many God's such as Venus, Cupid and Apollo. On the other hand the Christians were monotheists, this means that they believed in only one God. Sacrificing for their Gods was one thing that the Romans felt strongly about and believed in as they thought it would get the Gods on their side. They thought the Christians to be unpatriotic as they did not join war as they did not...
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