After Interviewing my mother about religion, being a Christian her self said that
Christianity has been one if the biggest religions since the beginning like with Rome. Since
the state often punished Christians for disturbing the peace, the Empire is often shown as
merciless and callous. However, texts seem to suggest that the Empire did not treat
Christians any differently from the other citizens of the state. Christianity in itself was not
illegal under Roman law, so Christians were not targeted specifically as a group. Then, the
popular portrayal of early Christianity as a mass political movement that the Romans
dedicated much resources to thwart seems implausible. Although popular knowledge of
early Christians emphasize their persecution and severe ostracism within the Roman
Empire, a closer study of Roman law reveals that Christianity and being Christian were
not crimes in and of themselves. As a matter of fact, citizens of the Roman Empire were
free to worship any......
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