The first generation of Christians were absolutely brutalized, especially following the conflagration in Rome in A.D. 64 (a fire which Nero allegedly ordered to make room for the expansion of his palace, but which he blamed on the Christians in Rome in an effort to exculpate himself).
Kizazi cha kwanza cha Wakristo walifanyiwa ukatili, hasa kufuatia ule moto katika mji wa Roma katika miaka ya 64 Kabla Yesu azaliwe (moto ambayo Niro aliamrisha ali apanue makzi yake kwa ajili ya upanuzi wa nyumba yake, lakini yeye mwenye akawalaumiwa Wakristo wa Roma katika jitihada ya kujiondolea lawama yeye mwenyewe).