HISTORY 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Jesus Movement, Pomerium, Burial
10 Sep 2016
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Jesus and the jesus movement: jesus teachings, 1. Early christians and rome: emperor nero (54-68 ce, the great fire of 64, destroyed a lot of homes, nero confiscated lands and built palace for himself called nero"s. Educated pagans were aware of jewish and christian origins: 2. Jews and christians were a visible minority in rome, considered distinct from one another (later belief in jesus as. Messiah separated jewish and christian populations: 3. Jews and christians both considered depraved and anti- social : why, imperial cult, population blamed for arson, preached the apocalypse, 4. Similar to other superstitiones (other mystery cults, promise of life after death: 5. The slaughter of the apostles paul was beheaded, peter was crucified, cemeteries referred to as peter and paul . Constantine was victorious under the sign of christ at the. Vatican, circus of nero, tomb of st. peter.
