Regarding a fire that devastated Rome in 64 C.E., Tacitus relates that it was rumored that Emperor Nero was responsible for the disaster. Nero, says Tacitus, tried to place the blame on a group whom the populace called Christians.
पण आग लावल्याचा दोष निरोने ख्रिस्ती म्हणणाऱ्‍या एका समूहावर टाकला असे टॅसिटसने म्हटले.