Early Christian Persecutions in the Roman Empire

Some have argued that early christian persecutions in the roman empire were fabricated. Do you think we can rely on the testimony of the early christian church as regards the sorts of trials and persecution they face? There's s all sorts of evidence for various persecutions. And when i think of the martyrs of leon in one seven seven, a d who em quite clearly this is a valid historical story. That doesn't mean there wasn't a problem between pre-hilight and post-Herculean times. Eusebius may well have done that in order to hilightchristians before constantine becomes emperor. But then again some people exaggerate sometimes