Actually the people of Judea asked Augustus to annex it to the Roman Empire when they got fed up with the rule of Herod Archelaus, one of the sons of Herod Archelaus.
The Romans were tolerant and respectful of other religions. They did not want to impose their own religion. The Romans lived close to neighbours who had different regions and even adopted divinities and their associated cults from foreign religions. They were also tolerant towards other people's laws and customs. Bedsides allowed the conquered people to continue to warship their religions, they allowed them to continue to follow their customs and their laws at the local level and the local ruling elites to run many of the local affairs. This reduced the risk of rebellions and also diminished the administrative load of the Roman provincial governors.
On a very few occasions some Roman emperors required everyone in the empire to perform sacrifices to the Roman gods to prove their loyalty to the emperor and the Roman state. The Jews were exempted from this. This is because they had severely repressed by the emperor Hadrian.
Hadrian built Roman temples in Jerusalem. This outraged the Jews who started a large scale rebellion (the Bar Kokhba revolt). This led to a war which lasted four years. It was repressed brutally. Many towns and villages were destroyed and many Jews died. Hadrian saw Judaism as a source of sedition. He prohibited the Torah law and the Hebrew calendar, executed Judaic scholars and had the sacred scroll was burned on the Temple Mount.He wanted to erase any memory of Judea and renamed it
Syria Palaestina..He rebuilt Jerusalem as a Roman town and renamed it Aelia Capitolina. The Jews were forbidden from entering it, except on the day of Tisha B'Av.
Because of this, later the Romans were particularly sensitive towards the Jew. Judaism attained a special status and the Jews were exempted from the mentioned sacrifices.
As seen throughout history, the Jews were quite beneficial to the economy. Therefore, many rulers allowed them to keep their religious identities in order to keep them happy so they would not resent the country which they served.
The early Romans were polytheistic, and polytheism is naturally tolerant of other religions. In return, the Romans expected the conquered peoples to worship the Roman gods, but made an exception for Jews because of its perceived antiquity and the recognition that a monotheistic religion must forbid worship of other gods.
Most of the time, all the Romans wanted was quiet and continued taxation.Other informationHyrcanus and Aristobulus, the two sons of the Jewish King Yannai (Johanan Hyrcanus, 1st century BCE), got the Romans involved in Judea when they asked them to settle a dispute. At first the Romans were cordial; and they actually became party to a military treaty with Judea (Talmud, Avodah Zara 8b). The Romans didn't interfere much in Jewish internal matters, because the main thing that they wanted was taxes and a quiet populace.A couple of decades later, however, they unilaterally abrogated the treaty, and placed Roman governors over the land who afflicted the Jews with crushing taxation (Talmud, Yoma 9a).In the first two centuries CE, things got worse, with the Romans destroying Jerusalem and the Second Temple after the Jewish Zealots attempted to revolt. The Romans sold hundreds of thousands of Jews into slavery (Josephus). From time to time they forbade the observance of the Torah-commands, and they killed several of the leading Sages, despite the fact that the Torah-leaders had advised against revolt (Talmud, Gittin 56a).Later, Simeon Bar Kochba led a second revolt, in an ill-advised attempt to recreate the independent Judea. The Romans responded by destroying Betar.
So he could die for everyone's sins. His Father told him to allow it.
Although the Romans were harsh rulers who extracted as much taxation as possible from those under their rule, they were tolerant of other beliefs, such as those of the Jews and, for the most part, those of the early Christians. Because Jewish dietary laws made military service impractical, Rome exempted the Jews from military service.All this changed under Rome's Christian emperors from the fourth century onwards, when Judaism was barely tolerated.
Actually, there were times when the Romans outlawed Judaism, such as during the time of Hadrian. During those times that the Romans didn't interfere with the internal life of the Jews, the reason was because the Romans wanted to receive their taxes. That, and making sure none of their colonies planned rebellions, was usually the only thing that the Romans were really concerned about.
where does it say that they were going to allow the jewish people to practice their religion? the romans forced their way into canaan (israel), killed many of the people, destroyed the jewish temple, and then dispersed the population throughout the known world in order that assimilation with other cultures would attempt to remove the jewish existence.
He had been persecuted for his faith in England
It made people feel free and independent to religion
As seen throughout history, the Jews were quite beneficial to the economy. Therefore, many rulers allowed them to keep their religious identities in order to keep them happy so they would not resent the country which they served.
The Romans didn't interfere much in Jewish internal matters, because the main thing that they wanted was taxes and a quiet populace.Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, the two sons of the Jewish King Yannai (Johanan Hyrcanus, 1st century BCE), got the Romans involved in Judea when they asked them to settle a dispute. At first the Romans were cordial; and they actually became party to a military treaty with Judea (Talmud, Avodah Zara 8b).A couple of decades later, however, they unilaterally abrogated the treaty, and placed Roman governors over the land who afflicted the Jews with crushing taxation (Talmud, Yoma 9a).In the first two centuries CE, things got worse, with the Romans destroying Jerusalem and the Second Temple after the Jewish Zealots attempted to revolt. The Romans sold hundreds of thousands of Jews into slavery (Josephus). From time to time they forbade the observance of the Torah-commands, and they killed several of the leading Sages, despite the fact that the Torah-leaders had advised against revolt (Talmud, Gittin 56a).Later, Simeon Bar Kochba led a second revolt, in an ill-advised attempt to recreate the independent Judea. The Romans responded by destroying Betar, and the emperor Hadrian outlawed the practice of Judaism.See also:Jewish history timelineThe Jews and the Romans
The Romans didn't interfere much in Jewish internal matters, because the main thing that they wanted was taxes and a quiet populace.Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, the two sons of the Jewish King Yannai (Johanan Hyrcanus, 1st century BCE), got the Romans involved in Judea when they asked them to settle a dispute. At first the Romans were cordial; and they actually became party to a military treaty with Judea (Talmud, Avodah Zara 8b).A couple of decades later, however, they unilaterally abrogated the treaty, and placed Roman governors over the land who afflicted the Jews with crushing taxation (Talmud, Yoma 9a).In the first two centuries CE, things got worse, with the Romans destroying Jerusalem and the Second Temple after the Jewish Zealots attempted to revolt. The Romans sold hundreds of thousands of Jews into slavery (Josephus). From time to time they forbade the observance of the Torah-commands, and they killed several of the leading Sages, despite the fact that the Torah-leaders had advised against revolt (Talmud, Gittin 56a).Later, Simeon Bar Kochba led a second revolt, in an ill-advised attempt to recreate the independent Judea. The Romans responded by destroying Betar, and the emperor Hadrian outlawed the practice of Judaism.See also:Jewish history timelineThe Jews and the Romans
Yes, there are countries that officially recognize only one religion and restrict the practice of others. These countries may have a state religion, leading to limitations on the freedom to practice different faiths. Some examples include Saudi Arabia, where Islam is the official religion, and Vatican City, where Catholicism is the state religion.
They didn't. For the most part. There was a time called "Gizeiros HaShmad" meaning: decrees of destruction-because there were laws forbidding Jews to obey their religion-thereby destroying their spiritual growth. There were however certain times during certain rulers when the Jews were allowed to practice their beliefs.
They didn't. For the most part. There was a time called "Gizeiros HaShmad" meaning: decrees of destruction-because there were laws forbidding Jews to obey their religion-thereby destroying their spiritual growth. There were however certain times during certain rulers when the Jews were allowed to practice their beliefs.
The Romans generally didn't interfere much in Jewish internal matters, because the main thing that they wanted was taxes and a quiet populace.Background:Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, the two sons of the Jewish King Yannai (Johanan Hyrcanus, 1st century BCE), got the Romans involved in Judea when they asked them to settle a dispute. At first the Romans were cordial; and they actually became party to a military treaty with Judea (Talmud, Avodah Zara 8b).A couple of decades later, however, they unilaterally abrogated the treaty, and placed Roman governors over the land who afflicted the Jews with crushing taxation (Talmud, Yoma 9a).In the first two centuries CE, things got worse, with the Romans destroying Jerusalem and the Second Temple after the Jewish Zealots attempted to revolt. The Romans sold hundreds of thousands of Jews into slavery (Josephus). From time to time they forbade the observance of the Torah-commands, and they killed several of the leading Sages, despite the fact that the Torah-leaders had advised against revolt (Talmud, Gittin 56a).Later, Simeon Bar Kochba led a second revolt, in an ill-advised attempt to recreate the independent Judea. The Romans responded by destroying Betar.See also:Jewish history timelineThe Jews and the Romans
They didn't. For the most part. There was a time called "Gizeiros HaShmad" meaning: decrees of destruction-because there were laws forbidding Jews to obey their religion-thereby destroying their spiritual growth. There were however certain times during certain rulers when the Jews were allowed to practice their beliefs.