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.

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.

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.