Rome is important in Christianity because when the Romans converted to Christianity, they insisted on making Rome the centre of Christianity. Originally the true centre of Christianity is in constantinople. This action by the Romans caused what is known as a schism in Christianity. The first schism where it was split into roman catholics and Russian orthodox denominations.
We do not know how or when Christianity first arrived in Rome, but Paul's Epistle to the Romans demonstrates a flourishing Christian community existed there when he proposed his visit to Rome, on his way to Spain.
the Romans religion was Christianity
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They blamed Christians for the fire that burned Rome.
oddly enough Rome banned christianity prosecuted hundreds if not thousands of christians, until oneday on the eve of a battle a general by the name of Constantine saw a crossin the sky and woke up his soldiers and told them to paint a cross on their shields, and then when they charged into battle they stood up in the battlefield victorious. later the capital of the now Holy Roman Empire became Constantinople.
the dome. Rome's key contribution was its support and encouragement of Christianity.
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Romans saw Christianity as treason against the Roman empire. The christian god belonged to a whole different religion which was illegal in ancient Rome. Christians were persecuted and killed by the Romans publicly to warn others. This continued to happen until Christianity was legalized.
They banned the Bacchanalia, which originated from the Greek Dionysiac festival .
No. Paul wrote his Epistle to the Romans before he had ever gone to Rome, proving that there was already a well-established Christian community there.
I think you mean Christianity. Judaism was tolerated by the Romans but never adopted as their main religion.