Wednesday, May 18, 2011

review

  • Meanwhile- religious troubles
  • christianity and Judaism: Monotheistic
  • romans had many gods
  • western wall today is the holiest of all Jewish shrines
  • half a million jews died in the rebellion
Persecution of christians 

  • Romans were harsh towards those who would not worship the emperor
  • especially christians who were viewed as followers of a new, upstart religion
  • often used for "entertainment" Purposes in the colosseum 
  • Despite the oppression, Christianity grew quicky by ad 200, around 10 percent of the people in the roman empire Christians 

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