Some because they were being prosecuted, because others, like those who were prosecuting and executing them, didn't like their religion; didn't like that they were Christians; they had a problem with that.
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Christians don't execute people. Besides it would be somewhat contradictory to be executed for belief in a god that your executers believe in too.
danvile
Yes, Christians were indeed killed in the Colosseum during the Roman Empire's persecution of Christians. They were often executed as part of the entertainment for the spectators in the Colosseum.
Saint Protase, along with his brother Saint Gervase, was executed during the persecution of Christians under the Roman Emperor Nero in the 1st century. They were martyred for their faith and refusal to renounce Christianity. Their deaths are commemorated in the Christian tradition as a testament to their steadfast belief.
Hostility. They were executed by crucifixion, ( what Jesus suffered) stoning, burned to death, or strangled.
they tried to spread the word about God but were executed like Jesus. once though, one of the main people who hated christians was called upon by God and blinded, and God sent him to a main christians home. but i read it in the NIV Bible, so it may not be what you are talking about.
There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.There is no count of the Christians that were killed, however it was far, far fewer than Hollywood or popular conceptions would have you believe. Rome was tolerant of religious beliefs and the only time a person was executed for his/her beliefs was if they were using them to promote treason.
It is likely that the early Christians in Rome were not popular amongst the ordinary people, or the elite. The Roman were proud of their devotion to the traditional gods: they thought that the gods particularly favoured them, giving them victory in their wars, because the Romans were so "pious." The provocation for the first official persecution of Christians in Rome, according to the Roman historian Tacitus, was that Emperor Nero blamed the Christians for starting the fire of Rome. Tacitus thought that Nero did this in order to deflect criticism from himself. From Tacitus' account the attacks on the Christians continued from here to be a major pogrom against the Christians in the city. Tacitus lamented that Nero's attack came to be seen as Nero's folly, and resulted in the Christians gaining sympathy from the ordinary citizens of Rome.
St. Peter, the first pope, was ordered executed by the Roman Emperor Nero because he was a Christian and Nero had decided to blame the great fire that destroyed much of Rome in the year 64 on the Christians.
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Around circa 112 AD, Pliny wrote the Emperor Trajan how he determines whether someone is a Christian and worthy of death. In the letter, Pliny states that he gives Christians multiple chances to affirm they are innocent and if they refuse three times, they are executed.