8 sentences with “blamed”

Tobacco is also blamed for causing duodenal ulcers by enhancing the action of gastric acids in the small intestine.

At that time, most Christians blamed polytheism and heresy for the fall of Rome: it was the wrath of God applied to a sinful society.

In turn, the remaining polytheists blamed Christians for undermining the worship of the gods who had presided over the Empire while Rome was great.

Jews were accused of being responsible for the death of Christ, were blamed for plagues and famines, and were even thought to practice black magic.

In 68 CE, Nero blamed Christians for the huge fire that consumed much of the city of Rome, and hundreds of Christians were rounded up and slaughtered in the arena.

The Prophetic Movement attacked both polytheism and the Yahwist establishment centred on the Temple in Jerusalem (they blamed the latter for ignoring the plight of the common people and the poor).

Besides the Roman elites, Nero's other major target was the early Christian movement, which he blamed for the burning of Rome and persecuted relentlessly (thousands were killed in the gladiatorial arena, torn to pieces by wild animals).

There was a great increase in anti-Semitic riots during outbreaks of plague, as Jews were blamed for somehow bringing on the plague (a frequent accusation was that Jews had poisoned the wells), and thousands of Jews were massacred as a result.