Question

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.

Answer 1

Answer:

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.

Answer 2

Answer:

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.