This list of Shakespeare plays brings together all 38 plays in alphabetical order. Plays It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 38 plays in total between 15.Persecution of Christians would continue among future Caesars from time to time, but the Church grew steadily and in all places of the Empire. Most sources for the life and times of Nero are from the next generation of recorders, and all of them are in agreement about his depraved and bloody history. The Senate declared him an enemy of the state. He tried to commit suicide, but was likely murdered by one of his companions. While Nero pursued artistic expression in various ways, his violent excesses, massacre of senators, and neglect of Rome in his later years brought about the withdrawal of Praetorian protection. The Christian Martyrs’ Last Prayer, by Jean-Léon Gérômeĭepicts a generalized view of Christian martyrdom in ancient Rome Although the number of believers killed is unknown, it likely included the Apostles Paul and Peter. Already suspect for their sacramental rites and accused by the Jews of all sorts of evil practices, the Christians’ refusal to worship Caesar as a god brought charges of treason. While the persecution began in Rome, it spread to other provinces of the Empire. Arrested, thrown to wild beasts, and crucified, the Christians were rounded up and sacrificed. He initiated the first systematic state-sponsored persecution of Christians on July 24. Nero’s attempts to explain the disaster and deflect criticism of himself all failed until he declared that the fire had been started by the small Christian community in Rome. 64) was instigated by Nero to clear the way for his planned palatial complex, the Domus Aurea

69-122), many Romans believed that the Great Fire of Rome (July A.D. According to Roman historian Suetonius (c.

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