concept
Christians
the Christians
also: Christiani
Followers of Christ, here treated by Pliny as an administrative and legal problem; his letter 10.96 and Trajan's reply 10.97 are the earliest detailed pagan account of Christian worship and of Roman policy toward it.
Reading notes
- The Letters §10.96.1 Christians
Followers of Christ; Pliny's account of how he tried them, and Trajan's reply (10.97), are the earliest detailed Roman record of official policy toward Christianity.