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2. Suetonius on Christians - Wikipedia

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   Church father Tertullian wrote: "We read the lives of the Cæsars: At Rome Nero was the first who stained with blood the rising faith" [17] Mary Ellen Snodgrass notes that Tertullian in this passage "used Suetonius as a source by quoting Lives of the Caesars as proof that Nero was the first Roman emperor to murder Christians", but cites not a specific passage in Suetonius's Lives as Tertullian ...

3. Michael R. Licona - Wikipedia

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   Michael R. "Mike" Licona (born 1961) [1] is an American New Testament scholar, author, and Christian apologist. He is Professor of New Testament Studies at Houston Christian University, Extraordinary Associate Professor of Theology at North-West University and the director of Risen Jesus, Inc. Licona specializes in the resurrection of Jesus, and in the literary analysis of the Gospels as Greco ...

4. Suetonius - Wikipedia

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   Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs sweːˈtoːniʊs traŋˈkᶣɪlːʊs]), commonly referred to as Suetonius (/ s w ɪ ˈ t oʊ n i ə s / swih-TOH-nee-əs; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), [2] was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.

5. Nero - Wikipedia

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   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. [159] Christian writer Tertullian (c. 155–230) was the first to call Nero the first persecutor of Christians. He wrote, "Examine your records.

6. The Twelve Caesars - Wikipedia

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   Suetonius begins this section with Caesar's father's death when he himself was aged sixteen. Suetonius then narrates that period describing Caesar's disengagement with a wealthy girl called Cossutia, engagement with Cornelia during the civic strife. He also narrated Caesar's conquests, especially in Gaul, and his Civil War against Pompey the ...

7. Nero's Torches - Wikipedia

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   The motif is based on the descriptions by Suetonius and Tacitus of the torture of Christians, [1] such as the following: Mockery of every sort was added to their deaths. Covered with the skins of beasts, they were torn by dogs and perished, or were nailed to crosses, or were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination ...

8. Gaius Suetonius Paulinus - Wikipedia

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   Suetonius reinforced his army with legionaries and auxiliaries from Germania and conducted punitive operations against any remaining pockets of resistance, but this proved counterproductive. The new procurator, Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus, expressed concern to the Emperor Nero that Suetonius's activities would only lead to continued ...

9. Talk:Suetonius on Christians - Wikipedia

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   At any rate, the differences between Suetonius' and Cassius' words are too large to dismiss - they are in direct and explicit contradiction if they do refer to the ame "event" (as opposed to "process" - if Cassius reports an early stage of Claudius "pacifying" policy, and Suetonius the ultimate development, the contradiction simply disappears ...