Meanwhile - religious troubles
- Christianity and Judaism: monotheistic
- romans had many gods, plus at times the emperor was viewed as a god.
- ad 66: a group of Jews called the zealots tried to rebel, but roman troops put them down and burned their temple, except for one wall)
- the western wall today is the holiest of all Jewish shrines
- half a million Jews died in the rebellion.
Persecution of Christians
- Romans were harsh toward those who would not worship the emperor
- especially Christians, who were vied as followers of new, upstart religion (cult)
- often used for entertainment purposes in the Colosseum (thrown to the lions, etc)
- despite the oppression, Christianity grew quickly- by ad 200 around 10 percent of the people in the Roman empire were Christians.
- no one wanted to say they were a Christians
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