I have therefore postponed further examination [of potential Christians] and hastened to consult you. The question seems to me to be worthy of your consideration, especially in view of the number of persons endangered; for a great many individuals of every age and class, both men and women, are being brought to trial, and this is likely to continue. It is not only the towns, but villages and rural districts too which are infected through contact with this wretched cult.
Letters (10:96) – letter from Pliny to the Roman emperor Trajan containing the earliest surviving Roman mention of Christianity in the year 112
– letter from Pliny to the Roman emperor Trajan containing the earliest surviving Roman mention of Christianity in the year 112
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