Why Were Early Christians Considered Traitors to the Roman Empire
Only in 313 AD with the Edict of Milan issued by Emperors Constantine the Great and Licinius was Christianity legalized8. It wasnt until the first Christian Emperor of Rome appeared that the persecution stopped. Lecture 5 Persecution Of Christians In The Roman Empire The force of the ideals of Christianity was a real threat to the Empire. . It was because they considered that Christians would damage the stability of the empire. Christianity was well-established as a major religion in the Roman Empire. In Annals 1544 Tacitus documented the way that Nero singled out Christians to blame for the great fire in Rome in 64 AD. Why were early Christians considered traitors to the Roman Empire. This is why for three hundred years the entire might of the Roman government sporadically made repeated attempts to crush the early Christians. The Growth of Early Christianity Christianity was spread through the Roman Empire by the early fo...