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At the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire ruled. Jews and gentiles lived under Roman rule. The Romans were not athiests. They also believed in gods, but their believes were very very flexible. The Roman theology stemed from the Greek theology. They had many gods, and they (Romans and Greeks) didn't have any strict religious rules that would govern their believes as a whole.
For this reason it was easy for the Romans to allow and live with people with other believes.
After Jesus died and many years after, the Romans compared Jesus to one of their own Gods.
Today the similarities between that god and what we know as Jesus is so strickingly similar that you can help to wonder which came first.
Keeping in mind that the people at the time didn't abandon their Roman and Greek theology completely at Christianity's beginnings.
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