Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.
![Tacitus Quote - When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/when-men-of-talents-are-punished-authority-is-stre-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Following Emporer Nero’s command, “Let the Christians be exterminated!:” . . . they [the Christians] were made the subjects of sport; they were covered with the hides of wild beasts and worried to death by dogs, or nailed to crosses or set fire to, and when the day waned, burned to serve for the evening lights.](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/following-emporer-neros-command-let-the-christians-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/forethought-and-prudence-are-the-proper-qualities--683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Bodies are slow of growth, but are rapid in their dissolution. [Lat., Corpora lente augescent, cito extinguuntur.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bodies-are-slow-of-growth-but-are-rapid-in-their-d-683x1024.jpg)
