The noted Roman historian Tacitus, born about 56 C.E., says that the Christians “were doomed to the flames and burnt, to serve as a nightly illumination, when daylight had expired. ”
अपने विश्‍वास को भंग करने के बजाय उन्होंने निष्कासन, पत्थरवाह, पिटाई, क़ैद, और मृत्यु को भी सहन कर लिया । ”