I believe the main reason Christians were persecuted by the Romans was because the Romans were misinformed on Christian religious practices. It’s mentioned in the Christians accused of Cannibalism and Perversion that Romans believed that Christians worshipped their priest genitals, while what they were really doing is kneeling before them during confession. The Romans also believed that Christians sacrificed human infants in order to be pledged together. To me, this just sounds like propaganda used to further condemn Christians. Roman religion and government were closely tied together. If Christianity were to grow and be accepted, there inevitably would have been some government officials who would become obsolete. The people attracted to
