Shortly after Jesus' death, a pharisee named Saul was hired to persecute the Christians. However, on one of his journies, he was struck blind, and God spoke to him. He told him to stop persecuting his people. After that, Saul changed his name to Paul and went on to write more than half of the New Testament. He became one of the most influential people in the formation of the Christian Church.
Marcus Aurelius
Because before his epiphany he was known to them as a persecutor of Christians
Saul also known as Paul
Nero was not the worst persecutor. The worse persecution of Christians, the Great Persecution, occurred some 240 years later under Diocletian.
The last persecution of Christians (303-311) and the worse one, is attributed to the emperor Diocletian. However, there was the work of his co-emperor Galerius behind it. Galerius was a fiercer persecutor than Diocletian. This is the only persecution of Christians which has Benn called Great Persecution.
No, Paul did not murder Christians in the past. He was initially a persecutor of Christians but later became a follower of Jesus and a prominent figure in the early Christian church.
the Roman Empire
No he was not a persecutor,
The closest answer is: b first Christian emperor. There is some evidence that Emperor Philip (244-249) might have been a Christian some seventy years before the time of Emperor Constantine.
The Persecutor was created in 1973.
Christians refused to worship Roman gods.
The Persecutor has 253 pages.