Next, on their" "information, a vast multitude were convicted, not so much on the" charge of burning the city as of hating the human race. Accordingly, first three were" "seized, who confessed they were Christians. Christus, the founder of that" "name, was put to death as a criminal by Pontius Pilate," "procurator of Judea, in the reign of Tiberius but the" "pernicious superstition, repressed for a time, broke out again," "not only throughout Judea, where the mischief originated, but" "through the city of Rome also, whither all things horrible and" "disgraceful flow, from all quarters, as to a common receptacle," "and where they are encouraged. 44)," "he falsely charged with the guilt, and punished with the most" "exquisite tortures, the persons commonly called Christians, who" "are hated for their enormities. "Hence, to suppress the rumour, says Tacitus (Annals, xv. The guilt of this fire was attached to him at the time," and the general verdict of history accuses him of the crime. 64, a" "terrible conflagration broke out in Rome, which raged for six" "days and seven nights, and totally destroyed a great part of the" "city.
54), and soon began to exhibit the character" "of a cruel tyrant and heathen debauchee. He became emperor of Rome when he was about seventeen "years of age (A.D. "Occurs only in the superscription (which is probably spurious," and is altogether omitted in the R.V.) to the Second Epistle to Timothy.
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