ROMAN CHRISTIANS
Tacitus 
Historian
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman emperors Tiberius, ...Died: 117 AD, Roman Empire
The records below are from "Documents of the Christian Church" pp1-2
The records below are from "Documents of the Christian Church" pp1-2
ROMAN TRIALS
The trial of Pomponia Graecina, A.D. 57
Tacitus, Annals, xiii 32
"Pomponia Graecina, a woman of high rank (the wife of Aulus Pautitus (he conquered the southern part of Britain A.D. 43-47), was accused of foreign superstition and handed over to her husband for trial. He followed ancient precedent and hearing a case which involved his wife's legal status in her honor in the presence of members of the family, and pronounce her innocent." (The foreign superstition was Christianity)
The trials of Roman Christians
Tacitus, Annals, xv 44
"but all the endeavors of men, all of the Emperor's largesse in their propitiation's of the Gods, did not suffice to allay the scandal or banishment the belief that the fire (The great fire of Rome, summer A.D. 64) had been ordered. And so, to get rid of this rumor, Nero set up as culprits and punished with the utmost refinement of cruelty a class hated for their abominations, (infanticide, cannibalism, incest, etc., were alleged against them), who were commonly called Christians.
Christus, from whom their name is derived, was executed at the hands of the procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius.
Christus, from whom their name is derived, was executed at the hands of the procurator Pontius Pilate in the reign of Tiberius.
Check for the moment, this pernicious superstition again broke out, not only in Judea, the source of the evil, but even in Rome, that receptacle for everything that is sorted in the degrading from every corner of the globe, which their finds the following. Accordingly arrest was first made of those who confessed (to being a Christian) ; then, on their evidence, and the men's multitude was convicted, not so much on the charge of arson as because of hatred of the human race.
Besides being put to death they were made to serve as objects of amusement; they were clad in the hides of the centaur and to death by dogs; others were crucified, others set on fire to serve to illuminate the night when daylight failed. Nero had thrown open as ground for the display, and was putting on a show in the circus, where he mingled with the people in the dress of the charioteer or drove about in his chariot...."
Christians in Rome, less than a decade after the writing of Roman
Besides being put to death they were made to serve as objects of amusement; they were clad in the hides of the centaur and to death by dogs; others were crucified, others set on fire to serve to illuminate the night when daylight failed. Nero had thrown open as ground for the display, and was putting on a show in the circus, where he mingled with the people in the dress of the charioteer or drove about in his chariot...."
Christians in Rome, less than a decade after the writing of Roman
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