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Nero's Torches (Polish: Pochodnie Nerona) is an 1876 oil-on-canvas painting by the Polish artist Henryk Siemiradzki. It is also known as Candlesticks of Christianity ( Świeczniki chrześcijaństwa ).
Nero's Torches by Henryk Siemiradzki. According to Tacitus, Nero targeted Christians as those responsible for the fire. According to Tacitus, Nero was away from Rome, in Antium, when the fire broke out. Nero returned to the city and took measures to bring in food supplies and to open gardens and public buildings to accommodate refugees. [17]
Henryk Hektor Siemiradzki (24 October 1843 – 23 August 1902) was a Polish [1] [2] painter. He spent most of his active creative life in Rome.Best remembered for his monumental academic art, he is particularly known for his depictions of scenes from the ancient Greek-Roman world and the New Testament, owned by many national galleries of Europe.
The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1883) Nero's Torches, by Henryk Siemiradzki (1876). According to Tacitus, Nero used Christians as human torches The Victory of Faith, by Saint George Hare, depicts two Christians in the eve of their damnatio ad bestias
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (/ ˈ n ɪər oʊ / NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 until his death in AD 68.
Largely made up of wooden tenements, fire was a frequent occurrence in the city. Rumor blamed the tragedy on the unpopular emperor Nero, who wanted to enlarge his palace. He accused the Christians. According to the historian Tacitus, many Christians were put to death "not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind." [3]
Nero's Torches, by Henryk Siemiradzki. According to Tacitus, Nero used Christians as human torches. During the Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, many early Christians were executed by being doused with tar, pitch and oil, and set alight in Rome. According to Tacitus, the Roman Emperor Nero used Christians as human torches. As such ...
The origins of the tunica molesta are not agreed upon by scholars. Ben Hubbard believes that Nero invented the tunica molesta. This is probably not the case, since the tunica appears in literature of the centuries before Nero's reign. [4]: 174 The tunica molesta seems to have first appeared as an aspect of the gladiator games. [5]