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Nero's Torches (Polish: Pochodnie Nerona) is an 1876 oil-on-canvas painting by the Polish artist Henryk Siemiradzki. It is also known as Candlesticks of Christianity ( Świeczniki chrześcijaństwa ).
According to Tacitus and later Christian tradition, Emperor Nero blamed the devastation on the Christian community in the city, initiating the empire's first persecution against the Christians. [3] Other contemporary historians blamed Nero's incompetence but it is commonly agreed by historians now that Rome was so tightly packed a fire was ...
Nero's Torches, by Henryk Siemiradzki (1876) Part of the page from the 11th century codex containing Annales, xv. 44.3–8, the passage with the reference to Christians (Florence, Laurentian Library, Plut. 68.2, f. 38r)
Nero's Torches, Henryk Siemiradzki. Tacitus describes Nero extensively torturing and executing Christians after the fire of AD 64. [74] Suetonius also mentions Nero punishing Christians, though he does so because they are "given to a new and mischievous superstition" and does not connect it with the fire. [156]
According to Tacitus, Nero used Christians as human torches The Victory of Faith, by Saint George Hare, depicts two Christians in the eve of their damnatio ad bestias. According to Jacob Neusner, the only religion in antiquity that was persistently outlawed and subject of systematic persecution was not Judaism, but Christianity. [15]
Nero's Torches, by Henryk Siemiradzki. According to Tacitus, Nero used Christians as human torches. During the Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, many early Christians were executed by being doused with tar, pitch and oil, and set alight in Rome. According to Tacitus, the Roman Emperor Nero used Christians as human torches. As such ...
Statue of Nero by Claudio Valenti, Anzio, Italy (2010) Salvador Dalí's "Dematerialization Near the Nose of Nero" (1949) Henryk Siemiradzki's "A Christian Dirce" (1897) "Nero's Torches" depicts Christians being martyred on Nero's orders (1876) John William Waterhouse's "The Remorse of Nero After the Murder of His Mother" (1878)
Largely made up of wooden tenements, fire was a frequent occurrence in the city. Rumor blamed the tragedy on the unpopular emperor Nero, who wanted to enlarge his palace. He accused the Christians. According to the historian Tacitus, many Christians were put to death "not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind." [3]