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It depicts a group of Early Christian martyrs who are about to be burned alive as the alleged perpetrators of the Great Fire of Rome, during the reign of emperor Nero in 64 AD. People from many different social spheres, including the emperor himself, are present to watch the burning, which takes place in front of the Domus Aurea .
Nero's Torches by Henryk Siemiradzki. According to Tacitus, Nero targeted Christians as those responsible for the fire. According to Tacitus, Nero was away from Rome, in Antium, when the fire broke out. Nero returned to the city and took measures to bring in food supplies and to open gardens and public buildings to accommodate refugees. [17]
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)
According to Christian tradition, John the Apostle ordained Antipas as bishop of Pergamon during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero. The traditional accounts go on to say Antipas was martyred during the reign of Nero (54-68) [1] or Domitian, [4] by burning in a brazen bull-shaped altar for casting out demons worshipped by the local population.
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 ...
Bernie Sanders accused President Trump of “leading us down the path of authoritarianism” and having a “negligent response” to coronavirus in his speech at the first night of the DNC.
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Nero's Torches. According to Christian legend, Roman authorities executed many of the early Christian martyrs by burning, including the warrior saint Theodore and Polycarp, the earliest recorded martyr. [14] Sometimes Roman immolation was carried out using the tunica molesta, [15] a flammable tunic: [16]