Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter
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Those ancient Romans did not seem to be so friendly to the Judeo/Christian traditions when people started abandoning the old Roman Temples en masse and flocking to a new tradition.


Ive pointed out on this board before that
Rome took exception to Druids and christians,
and reason is given.
as far as other pagan dieties go, they were accepting,
nor did Rome interfere with Hebrews
having their own beliefs and laws.

And only a couple roman Emperors had a serious
thing against Christians going.

How many Christians were actually thrown to the lions?
does anyone have a reliable total?.. and
provide a timeline of when the practice
first started and finally ended.

Originally Posted by Idaho_Shooter
Originally Posted by Starman
Pagans seemed to get along just fine when
it came to personal choice of Gods.

The greeks, Romans. Gauls, and further east regions
Like Egypt, Syria, Persia, etc,.didn't squabble over their
Gods.



I have a hard time believing that...


Scholarly books on the Romans I've read
often cover the specific subject of religion,
because of all the territories they conquered
with broad range of dieties outside their own.

How much have you studied on such?

Rome recruited many soldiers from across the
spance of the empire, and they permitted such
foreign recruits to maintain their personal dieties.
When Rome conquered people of different cultures
they didnt deny them having their own dieties.

Rome's strategy and objective wasn't to impose
everything Roman onto people across its empire.







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