Try reading “The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom” by Candida Moss. The author (she is a Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity on the theology faculty of the University of Notre Dame) analyzed the period from the crucifixion to Christianity becoming the religion of the state. Found there was only about 30 years of persecution, and gives the reasons for it.
Try reading “The Myth of Persecution: How Early Christians Invented a Story of Martyrdom” by Candida Moss. The author (she is a Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity on the theology faculty of the University of Notre Dame) analyzed the period from the crucifixion to Christianity becoming the religion of the state. Found there was only about 30 years of persecution, and gives the reasons for it.