Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: st0o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Steven Timm) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The Number 666 in Revelation Message-ID: Date: 6 Apr 91 07:46:10 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 7 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu Robert Johnson in his assignment of the number 666 to Nero ignores a few facts. Chief among them is since Revelation was written in the 90's A.D., Nero was already dead by this time and Domitian was emperor. Though both of these persecuted Christians, their persecution was small compared to the persecution which came in the early 300's AD. Steve Timm