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07/18/2005 Entry: "Nero"

Rome burst into flames on this day in 64 CE, a fire that lasted six days in which two-thirds of Rome was destroyed. It is up to debate whether Nero really had the fire started so as to build his extravagant Domus Aurea project, but public suspicion is most likely why he chose to blame it on the Christians, who were already widely disliked. Damn hippies.
As a result, Nero had them rounded up and killed in the most brutal fashion imaginable. It is often forgotten that most Romans actually found the extreme brutality of Nero's persecution of the sect rather excessive and caused public opinion to shift in favor of the Christians.
200 years later, Emperor Constantine converts to Christianity.
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