Nero's Persecution

This is part of the story of the saints who followed the teachings, doctrines, examples, and ways of life of the Apostle Pau, even at the expense of their own well-being and, in some cases, lives.
A lot of them became martyrs at the hand of the powerful Roman emperor Nero. He had control of the political and sinful religious system at that tie. Everything that the Christian faith stood for directly contradicted everything for which the emperor stood. The way the Christian community conducted itself in the empire was offensive to him. He couldn't tolerate its presence, practices, belief system, or way of life. For this very reason, he had to get rid of the Christians, even if that meant killing them all, and that is what he intended to do. He nearly succeeded.