still felt that he had arrived too late. before and we know from the examples of other roman rulers and even a wrist kratz of the republic that when it comes to catastrophes it's always key to show up as quickly as possible nero missed that opportunity as mukesh presents to the office on. christian graves dating from the first century. early evidence of a new sect that would rise to become a world religion. x. and alpha and omega the first and last letters of the greek alphabet suggest the all encompassing nature of god. ancient writers repeatedly reference christians and christ in their accounts of the great fire. tacitus wrote nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations called christians by the populace.