Drich,
The Wiki article is representative of the consensus view among modern scholars. Yes, the Romans sometimes persecuted some Christians, namely, those who were causing the Empire problems and/or who, ostensibly, refused submission to it. They treated other religious and/or political groups the exact same way, though. In that sense, the early Christians (which were never a unified group to begin with) were hardly "special".
Dawn
The Wiki article is representative of the consensus view among modern scholars. Yes, the Romans sometimes persecuted some Christians, namely, those who were causing the Empire problems and/or who, ostensibly, refused submission to it. They treated other religious and/or political groups the exact same way, though. In that sense, the early Christians (which were never a unified group to begin with) were hardly "special".
Dawn
