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What sources are there to suggest that Nero blamed the fire in Rome in 64 CE on Christians? Do we know how he became aware of the movement? Would these suggestions be the earliest independent recognition of Christians as a distinct group in the historical record?

by /u/td4999 in /r/AskHistorians

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