 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure peMoto Mukuru weRomamuna 64 AD, Mambo Nero akapomera maKristu kuti aiva mbudzi dzakakodzera dzokuyananisira, idzo dzakazotambudzwa ndokuurawa. Kubvira panguva iyoyo zvichienda mberi, mutemo weRoma wepamutemo pamusoro pechiKristu wakava wokutambudza. Munguva yenhamo dzakasiyana-siyana dzeumambo dzomuzana remakore rechitatu, vanhu vomunguva imwe cheteyo vakanga vakagadzirira kududzira nhamo ipi neipi mumashoko orudzidziso, pasinei zvapo nokuzvipira kwavo kumitoo yakati kana kuti gadziriro dzokutenda. ChiKristu chakatora hwaro hwacho hwegamuchidzanwa hworutsigiro kubva kuvasina simba, avo vairatidzika kuva vasina fariro yorudzidziso mufarwa weHurumende yeRoma, uye naizvozvo vakatyisidzira kuvapo kwayo. Ruzhinji rwevakuru veRoma rwakaramba ruchicherechedza zvimiro zvakasiyana-siyana zveHellenistic monism inosanganisira; Neoplatonism kunyanya yakagadzirirwa zvinoshamisa uye ascetic mukati mechiGiriki chechiGiriki chechiRoma. VaKristu vaiona miitiro iyi seisina umwari, uye sechikonzero chikuru chokutambudzika kwezvemari uye kwezvematongerwe enyika. 