Larger-scale persecutions followed at the hands of the authorities of the LOCATION@1 , beginning with the year NUMBER@1 , when , as reported by the MISC@1 historian PERSON@1 , the Emperor PERSON@2 blamed them for that year 's great Fire of LOCATION@2 .

Persecutions in lager scale by the authorities of the LOCATION@1 , began with the year NUMBER@1 , when the Emperor PERSON@2 blamed them for the great Fire of LOCATION@2 as the MISC@1 historian PERSON@1 reported .
