Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus), Roman emperor (54-68); 37-68 AD. - "Captive Christians are given to wild beasts on the Field of Mars on the orders of Emperor Nero". Woodcut after drawing by Heinrich Merté (born 1838). From: Das Buch für Alle, Yr. 15, Nr. 1. Stuttgart (H.Schönlein) 1880, p. 5. Berlin, Sammlung Archiv für Kunst und Geschichte.