It is almost incomprehensible how the supreme Roman laws could be so adverse and inconsiderate against the Christians - circuses, arenas, wild animals, crucifixions, Nero, Decius, Domicius, and Diocletian. All this was due to the sole fact that Christians could not offer thyme to the emperor; i.e. they did not recognize the emperor and the state as a God, but they consider them merely as the emperor and the state.
Circhi, arene, belve, crocifissioni, Nerone, Decio, Diocleziano. E solo perché i cristiani non facevano sacrifici all’imperatore, col timo, e quindi non lo riconoscevano come imperatore, non riconoscevano lo Stato come Dio. Ma lo Stato era Stato e l’imperatore semplice imperatore.