>> peter was that person who was closer than a brother. jesus was fully man, and that man needed friends, and peter was that friend. >> at the same time, church tradition places peter in rome. the historian tasitus tells us the city is a very dangerous place in which to be a christian. >> in 1864 a disastrous fire breaks out in rome destroying various parts of the city. tasitus said the christians were responsible. >> he gathered the christians that he could find and rounded them up and persecuted them. >> tasitus said the christians were subjected to exquisite