로마 역사가 타키투스는 이렇게 말한다. “죽음에 더하여 온갖 조롱이 가해졌다. [그리스도인들]은 짐승 가죽이 씌워진 채로 개에게 찢겨 죽거나, 십자가에 못박히거나, 햇빛이 사라진 후 야간 조명[황궁의 뜰을 밝히는 인간 횃불] 구실을 하도록 불에 태워졌다.”
Roman historian Tacitus says: “Mockery was added to death; clad in skins of beasts, [Christians] were torn to pieces by dogs; they were nailed up to crosses; they were made inflammable, so that when day failed, they might serve as lights,” human torches to illuminate the imperial gardens.jw2019 jw2019