Pagans and Christians in the Roman Empire
1. Persecution: Early Roman understandings of Christianity
Tacitus (AD 55-117), Annals on Nero’s persecution of the Christians
Pliny’s letter to Hadrian (AD 112) (scroll down to XCVII and XCVIII to read these – they are short!)
2. What is the problem with Christianity?
Roman religio and the state
Roman pietas: Aeneid, Aeneas (image from the Medicii Aeneid)
