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:On the contrary, many ancient texts are quite clear that the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, while excecuted with particular gusto and viciousness, particularly during the reign of Nero, was not a constant thread running throughout the history of the Roman Empire, nor was it carried out, for a relatively speaking, sustained period. In fact, as Christianity was adopted as the state religion, and given the vitriol of the Christian authorities and Constantine - both well documented - it is apparent that being considered Christian rather than Jewish '''''was''''' preferrable. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|שועל]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 12:58, 28 July 2008 (EDT)
:On the contrary, many ancient texts are quite clear that the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, while excecuted with particular gusto and viciousness, particularly during the reign of Nero, was not a constant thread running throughout the history of the Roman Empire, nor was it carried out, for a relatively speaking, sustained period. In fact, as Christianity was adopted as the state religion, and given the vitriol of the Christian authorities and Constantine - both well documented - it is apparent that being considered Christian rather than Jewish '''''was''''' preferrable. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|שועל]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 12:58, 28 July 2008 (EDT)
::Fox is quite correct here. While Christianity was hardly well regarded kin the Roman Empire, outright persecutions such as under Nero were the exception, not the rule, and those that did occur were mostly on a regional scale. Large-scale empire-spanning persecutions only became normal during the reign of Diocletian in the late 3rd century. --[[User:AKjeldsen|AKjeldsen]] 13:03, 28 July 2008 (EDT)