Nero's Persecution

Book Title: Descriptiones quaedam illius inhumanae et multiplicis persecutionis : quem in Anglia propter fidem sustinent Catholicè Christiani.

Author: Pomarancio, approximately 1520-approximately 1596

Image Title: Nero's Persecution

Description: Christians are persecuted during the reign of Nero, Emperior of Rome; a man is buried alive (front); a group is burned at the stake and another is tied to two bulls running in different directions (rear).

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