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There were Christians in Rome within a dozen or so years after the death of Jesus, though they were not the converts of the โApostle of the Gentilesโ (Romans 15:20). Paul had not yet visited them at the time he wrote his great letter in 57-58 A.D.
There was a large Jewish population in Rome. Probably as a result of controversy between Jews and Jewish Christians, the Emperor Claudius expelled all Jews from Rome in 49-50 A.D. Suetonius the historian says that the expulsion was due to disturbances in the city โcaused by the certain Chrestusโ [Christ]. Perhaps many came back after Claudiusโ death in 54 A.D. Paulโs letter was addressed to a Church with members from Jewish and Gentile backgrounds.
In July of 64 A.D., more than half of Rome was destroyed by fire. Rumor blamed the tragedy on Nero, who wanted to enlarge his palace. He shifted the blame by accusing the Christians. According to the historian Tacitus, many Christians were put to death because of their โhatred of the human race.โ Peter and Paul were probably among the victims.
Threatened by an army revolt and condemned to death by the senate, Nero committed suicide in 68 A.D. at the age of 31.
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๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ง๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐บ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ.
