Word: suetonius
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...executed all men who said that they were Christians, but he was in great doubt as to what to do with those who had been Christians and then had repented of their folly. Other passages relative to the Christians are found in Tacitus, describing the persecutions of Nero; in Suetonius, and in Lucian. The latter speaks of their devotion to each other, and explains how any sharper might easily set himself up as a prophet and receive no small income from the contributions of these poor fanatics. He tells a story of Peregrimes, a man whose object in life...