They were slaves and prosecuted.
During His life He lived in the Roman Empire.
At the time of Jesus, Nazareth was in Galilee, part of the Roman Empire.
A:There had been no nation of Israel for over seven hundred years before the time of Jesus. The smaller southern nation of Judah, or Judea, was controlled by the Roman Empire, as was Samaria, the successor state to Israel.
Jesus developed Christianity from the day he died, his disciples and followers continued that in the country of Israel, which over the years spread into the Roman army and throughout their empire across europe
The Roman Empire ruled the part of the world that Jesus lived in, however it did not control (or even known about) large areas of the world.
The Roman empire was in power when Jesus was crucified.
Jesus was baptized near the Jordan River and Dead Sea. He was born in the Roman Empire in the area of Palestine, which is today (somewhat) part of Israel.
The roman empire
It began in the Land of Israel and in circa 41 AD, began to spread throughout the Roman Empire and the world.
Yes, during the reign of Caesar (Emperor) Augustus.
Jesus was born into a time when the Roman Empire was still heavily in power.
Israel did not have a king at that time (unless you count Jesus, whose crime displayed on His cross when He was executed was "Rex Iudaeorum", Latin for King of the Jews). The area had been taken over by the Roman Empire. It was governed by Pontius Pilate, who served as prefect of the Roman region of Judea from A.D. 26 until 36.