The Roman Empire expressed a strong disapproval of Christianity and its spread across their rule. Romans used hard punishments and persuasion to prevent their people from following the Christian way of life. In the documents assigned, Romans liked to use phrases such as “detestable superstition” to describe Christianity. The letters between Trajan and Pliny show how the emperors of the Roman Empire lie to their people and tell them not to question reasons for persecuting Christianity and those who follow it. Nero’s fire also shows how desperate Roman emperors were to eliminate the faith in the Empire. Nero was willing to burn down some of his land and blame it on Christians because he believed that this physical damage was less significant