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 - We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/we-accomplish-more-by-prudence-than-by-force-lat-p-683x1024.jpg)
![Tacitus Quote - Flatterers are the worst kind of enemies. [Lat., Pessimum genus inimicorum laudantes.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/flatterers-are-the-worst-kind-of-enemies-lat-pessi-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 - The powerful hold in deep remembrance an ill-timed pleasantry. [Lat., Facetiarum apud praepotentes in longum memoria est.]](https://minimalistquotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/the-powerful-hold-in-deep-remembrance-an-ill-timed-683x1024.jpg)
