Sentence examples for first persecution from inspiring English sources

He actively pressed Nero's reign of terror following the abortive conspiracy of Piso in 65 and was suspected of incendiarism in the great fire that led to the first persecution of Christians.

The first persecution, that of Nero, was related to a devastating fire in the capital in 64, for which the Christians were blamed or, perhaps, only made the scapegoats.

The first persecution by an emperor occurred under Nero, and was confined to the city of Rome.

In 344 the first persecutions of Christians began; they lasted with varying degrees of severity until 422, when a treaty with the government ended the persecutions.

This reprieve, however, was short-lived: Septimius Severus inaugurated the first systematic persecution.

C. 201 Budalia, Serbia June 251 near Razgrad, Bulgaria Decius, in full Gaius Messius Quintus Decius (born c. 201, Budalia, Pannonia Inferior [near modern Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia] died June 251, Abrittus, Moesia [modern Razgrad, Bulgaria]) Roman emperor (249 251) who fought the Gothic invasion of Moesia and instituted the first organized persecution of Christians throughout the empire.

After his return to Scotland, he attended the North Berwick witch trials, the first major persecution of witches in Scotland under the Witchcraft Act 1563.

After his return to Scotland, he attended the North Berwick witch trials, the first major persecution of witches in Scotland under the 1563 Act.

After his return to Scotland, he attended the North Berwick witch trials, the first major persecution of witches in Scotland under the 1563 Act and the first known to successfully involve the diabolic pact.

Soyinka called a press conference in Lagos and built his case against the President and his wife around an extended and unexpected metaphor: the twelfth-century persecution and murder of Thomas à Becket by the agents of Henry II.

The first is the persecution of a writer's work; the second is the persecution of the writer himself.