living representative of what the life of a disciple could be, how you can overcome mistakes made in the past and carry on to serve god well. he is arguably jesus closest friend. peter was that person who was closer than a brother. jesus was fully man, and that man needed friends, and peter was that friend. at the same time church tradition places peter in rome, the historian tacitus tells us the city is a very dangerous place in which to be a christian. in ad 64 a disastrous fire breaks out in rome, devastating areas of the city, and tacitus says that nero fixed upon the christians as those responsible.
Bad reputation: British Museum takes new look at Rome s Nero
JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press
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1of14A museum employee poses for photographers next to a bronze head of Roman emperor Nero dating from around AD 54-61 and found in the River Alde at Rendham in Suffolk, eastern England, during a media preview for the Nero: the man behind the myth exhibition, at the British Museum in London, Monday, May 24, 2021. The exhibition, which opens to visitors on May 27 and runs until October 24, explores the true story of Rome s fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time.Matt Dunham/APShow MoreShow Less
he is arguably jesus closest friend. peter was that person who was closer than a brother. jesus was fully man, and that man needed friends, and peter was that friend. at the same time church tradition places peter in rome, the historian tacitus tells us the city is a very dangerous place in which to be a christian. in ad 64 a disastrous fire breaks out in rome, devastating areas of the city, and tacitus says that nero fixed upon the christians as those responsible. nero gathered together all the christians that he could find, rounded them up and persecuted them. tacitus says that the
made at the same time, church tradition places peter in rome. when historians tell us the city is a very dangerous place in which to be a christian. in a.d. 64, a firebreaks out in rome, devastating the city, and nero held the christians responsible. nero gathered together all the christians that he could find, rounded them up and persecuted them.