Analysis Of Pliny's Viscous Attacks

A vast multitude of Christians were overly suppressed and executed “because of their hatred humanity.” (Doc 2) As an example of the viscous attacks of Rome, Pliny the governor of Pontus interrogated Christians “as to whether they were Christians,” (Doc 3) and those who persevered to be Christians were put in executions, which was the first time that Christians had been forced to make a choice between their religion and their lives, when a number of Christians sacrificed themselves to death from choosing their religion. However, the governor had absolutely no doubt that “whatever the nature of their creed, stubbornness and inflexible obstinacy surely deserve to be punished,” (Doc 3) which clarifies his perspective that he was with the legitimate
purpose of eradicating Christians out of the Empire. This demonstrates how the identity as a Christian had been severely denounced by the negative attitudes of the Roman Empire.