According to Tacitus, Why Did Nero, in 64 C

question 28

Multiple Choice

According to Tacitus, why did Nero, in 64 c.e., kill a number of Christians in particularly horrific ways?

• A) as punishment for arson
• B) for the public good
• C) to satisfy his own perverse desires
• D) as a result of a clerical error

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