Christians As the Romans Saw Term Paper

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The two religions still exist, and they still cause tensions between each other, and between the other religions of the world. The Romans understood Judaism, but they did not understand Christianity until it was too late for their Empire.

In conclusion, the Romans had lived with Jews far longer than they had lived with Christians in their domain. However well they understood the Jews, they still did not accept them or their religious beliefs, and they were not above using Judaism against Christianity in an attempt to keep their own pagan beliefs intact.
They may have thought they understood the Jews and their "different" beliefs, but in reality, they simply used them as another excuse to fight change and new beliefs. Christianity was sweeping the world, and the Romans did not want to accept it, so they would do just about anything to discredit it, even pit religion against religion if it was necessary. The Jews suffered, the Christians suffered, and the Roman Empire fell anyway......

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