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.
Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them nothing remains even to be wished.
![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)
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![Tacitus Quote - Rulers always hate and suspect the next in succession. [Lat., Suspectum semper invisumque dominantibus qui proximus destinaretur.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/rulers-always-hate-and-suspect-the-next-in-success-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)
