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What Roman emperor is especially well-known for persecuting Christians?
ANero.✓ Correct Answer
BTiberius.
CCaligula.
DAugustus.
Answer & Explanation
✓ Nero.
The correct answer is Nero.. Nero used the Christians, who seemed very strange to him, as the scapegoats for the great fire of Rome in 64 A.D. He slaughtered them cruelly as a public spectacle, including feeding them to lions in the Colosseum and burning them alive as torches for evening parties. (See the Bible)