But it's important to keep in mind that at the time of Jesus' crucifixion, around 30 CE, he only had, at most, we're talking about in the hundreds of followers. But in other videos, we talk about his apostles who start spreading the faith, not only to other Jews, but also to non-Jews, to Gentiles. We talked about Emperor Nero and his famous purges of Christians. In particular, you have the famous Roman Fire, or the Fire of Rome in 64 CE, that Nero blames on Christians, and he uses this to do a significant purge in Rome. Many historians believe that the apostles Peter and Paul were killed during those purges. This is a painting of Nero using Christians, lighting them alive to punish them for that fire. Now, other imperial acts that continue to have a significant effect on this very early Christian church.