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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kevin McGonigal, post: 3888647, member: 72790&quot;]Thanks for those citations. I have some difficulty with the extremely low numbers for the very early period. I agree that the blaming of the fire on Christians may have been played up and distorted by early Christians for its propaganda value but consider Pliny&#039;s letters to Trajan about the Christians in the out of the way Province of Bithynia, not exactly a dense population of inhabitants. There must have been enough of them there to have attracted the hostile attention of the populace of the region and the bewilderment of the governor. Thanks again for those references and perhaps other posters might want to opine on this matter.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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