There were several "religions" that were considered cults by the Romans over their long history. Among them were Christianity, the cult of Isis and the cult of Bacchus or Dionysus.
This was Rome whose Government was mercilessly killing the followers of Jesus at one time and about a century after it. If anyone who was not a christian in Rome was considered to be an "evil". It bettered the condition of people in Rome. Gladiators were banned after it. Fighting with animals was also banned and many other reforms took place.
King Louis was from Rome and all the Romans were tolerant of other religions as long as their followers were respectful of the Roman religion.
The Romans attempted to impose their state religion on the people they conquered. They obviously gave up doing this to the Jews and reached some sort of accommodation with the Jews. Originally they persecuted Christians, then the entire empire converted Christian. Romans also absorbed religions from other countries such as Greece, Egypt, and Persia. romans were tolerant of other religion as long as their followers were respectful of the roman religion
The mainstream Christian Churches did very well. They were declared the sole legitimate religion of the Roman Empire by the Edict of Thessalonica of 380. The purpose of this edict was to ban dissident Christian doctrines, which were branded as heretic. The persecution of the followers of these doctrines, particularly the Arian Christians, were persecuted. Christianity started in Judea, which was part of the Roman province of Syria; that is, it was part of the Roman Empire.It was spread around the Roman Empire by the apostles, other missionaries and the clergy (when Christianity developed its churches). It developed from a religion among a small group of Jews into a mass religion in the Roman days. Catholic Christianity and Orthodox Christianity developed during the Late Roman Empire. They were originally called Latin or Western Christianity and Greek or Eastern Christianity respectively. The former was the main religion in the western part of the Roman Empire and the latter was the main religion in the eastern part of the Roman Empire.
Early Christians refused to worship the Roman Gods. Virtually every other religion at the time was polytheistic (many gods), so when
The early Roman Empire persecuted followers of both religions but ultimately did not stem the growth of either religion. - APEX
The Roman Emperor Nero was raised in the Roman pagan religion, but he eventually turned against it and persecuted Christians in the Roman Empire.
A:Members of almost all religious groups have been persecuted unfairly by members of other faiths. Religion may not be the only cause of all instances of persecution, but it is a leading cause:The early Christians were at times persecuted by the pagans, although not to anywhere near the extent that later Christian tradition assertsPagans of the Roman Empire were unfairly persecuted by the Christians, as soon as Christians were in a position to do so.Gnostic Christians were persecuted by Catholic-Orthodox Christians.Jews have been persecuted by Christians, down through the ages.Christians and Muslims persecuted each other.Hindus were persecuted by Muslims in IndiaBuddhists were persecuted by Muslims and Hindus in IndiaZoroastrian, Druze and Bahai followers are persecuted by MuslimsPeople have also been persecuted because of their race or sexual orientation.
The religion with approximately one and a half billion followers is Islam.
The Romans tolerated all kinds of religions provided their followers also practised the official Roman religion of emperor. Jews and Christians could not do this of course - and were persecuted.
King Louis was from Rome and all the Romans were tolerant of other religions as long as their followers were respectful of the Roman religion.
This was Rome whose Government was mercilessly killing the followers of Jesus at one time and about a century after it. If anyone who was not a christian in Rome was considered to be an "evil". It bettered the condition of people in Rome. Gladiators were banned after it. Fighting with animals was also banned and many other reforms took place.
King Louis was from Rome and all the Romans were tolerant of other religions as long as their followers were respectful of the Roman religion.
romans were tolerant of other religions as long as their followers were respectful of the roman religion
Christianity is the largest religion in Europe by far. Of this, the largest denomination is Roman Catholicism.
King Louis was from Rome and all the Romans were tolerant of other religions as long as their followers were respectful of the Roman religion.
The Romans attempted to impose their state religion on the people they conquered. They obviously gave up doing this to the Jews and reached some sort of accommodation with the Jews. Originally they persecuted Christians, then the entire empire converted Christian. Romans also absorbed religions from other countries such as Greece, Egypt, and Persia. romans were tolerant of other religion as long as their followers were respectful of the roman religion