Persecution in the Early Church (1st-3rd Centuries)

First Century

Conflicts with the Jews

35 AD - 51 AD

Persecution under Nero

64 AD - 68 AD

Persecution under Domitian

94 AD - 96 AD

Second Century

Ignatius of Antioch Martyred

107 AD

Pliny's Letter to Trajan

112 AD

Polycarp Martyred

160 AD

Persecution under Marcus Aurelius

165 AD - 180 AD

Third Century

Persecution under Septimius Severus

202 AD - 205 AD

Persecution under Decius

249 AD - 251 AD