How did Nero's plan to blame the Christians for the fire

backfire?

A

Nero was uitimately prosecuted and removed as emperor.

D

Most Roman citizens felt sympathy for the Christian victims of Nero's torture and did not

support Nero

C

All the Christians escaped Rome before Nero could attack them.

D

The Christians rose up and fought back against Nero's false accusations.

D. Most Roman citizens felt sympathy for the Christian victims of Nero's torture and did not support Nero

Explanation:

Nero was the Roman emperor when the first years of Christianity developed, he was the first one to declare christians a public enemy and to blame them for the great fire of Rome in the early year 60, he allegadly started the fire because he wanted to buil a city of palaces called neropolis in that part of the city, he eventually killed himself, was never prosecuted but did loose all the support of the romans.

A

Nero was uitimately prosecuted and removed as emperor.

Explanation:

Nero blamed the Christians, an easy target at the time. The persecution of Christians because of the fire started about 250 years of Roman persecution of Christians, a practice finally ended in 313 AD when Emperor Constantine legalized the Christian religion with the Edict of Milan.