The option C is true, as the Roman leaders feared they were undermining authority.
Persecution is the act of harassing or oppressing a person or a group of people, especially because of their identity.
Many Christians were died or killed when the Roman government began to persecute Christians under Nero, because the Christianity was declared illegal at that time. It was believed that the Christian religion was the counter religion to the traditional Roman religion.
In Rome, the great fire was caused because of the persecution of the Christians and because of influence of Christianity in traditional Roman religion. The Christians were persecuted in the next hundred years by the upcoming emperors.
Thus, Option C is true that the Christianity was viewed as a threat to the empire.
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